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Master Jiang took the meat, exchanged some greetings, and waved with a smile: "Let's go, go back and heat a mutton pot, and pair it with this altar of good wine, hehe, it's such a good mood that even gods can't get!"

After finishing speaking, he carried the wine and meat and stepped on the snow all the way towards his home.

On a snowy day, there were no pedestrians along the way. Occasionally, there were a few people with hurried expressions, probably anxious to find a place to avoid the snow, or rush home in a hurry, only when they passed by Master Jiang, they looked slightly surprised. Glancing at the unusually thin clothes on Master Jiang, he shook his head and sighed softly.

Master Jiang smiled slightly. Not only did he not feel cold, but he felt that the cool wind blowing in this snowy day was very refreshing. It would be more comfortable when he wanted to eat meat and drink for a while.

But soon, he stopped.

Because in front of him, two people appeared.

Two people appeared behind him.

In this small alley that he had to go home, the four people were divided into front and back, seemingly unintentionally, but in fact they just blocked all his way.

He frowned slightly, and looked at the gray-black armors of the two men in front. The cotton-like snowflakes fell on the armor plates on their chests, and slowly turned into snow water, flowing all the way to them, holding the knives by their sides. handle on the big hand.

Hand on hilt, knife in sheath.

"Four...jun lords? I don't know about the villain...is there some misunderstanding?" Master Jiang spoke softly, with a hint of cowardice in his words, "Well... if the military master doesn't dislike it, the villain's wine and meat will be fine. Consider it a tribute to the four military masters... I don't know, can I..."

Master Jiang smiled and raised his eyes to carefully observe the expressions of the four of them. The blood in his body had been activated at this moment!

It's just that he waited for a while, but still didn't hear any response. The gloomy sky seemed to add a bit of coldness to the alley, and the four sergeants with knives stood like wooden figures.

"Jiang Zhong, is that so?" One person spoke suddenly, the voice was not loud, but with an undeniable aura, the light in those eyes was sharp, and he came straight towards Master Jiang, making him subconsciously lowered head.

"It's the villain." Master Jiang knew that these people were obviously targeting him, and he didn't need to continue to pretend to be stupid.

There was a frozen spot on the ground in the alley, and through that crystal clear surface, he saw the sergeant on the opposite side slowly draw out the sharp light from its sheath.

Then there was an indifferent growl: "That's right!"

Almost at the same moment when the four of them drew their long knives out of their sheaths, Lord Jiang shouted loudly, and the mutton and wine jar in his hand had been thrown out by him!

He has practiced energy and blood for many years, walked in the heavy snow with light clothes and was still not afraid of the cold. The moment these two seemingly ordinary objects were thrown out, he was naturally endowed with unimaginable power by ordinary people.

There was only a shattering sound of "bang", and the wine jar hit the sergeant's high-raised long knife, and it immediately shattered, pottery fragments fell in all directions, and the transparent wine splashed the sergeant's body and face.

The other sergeant was hit in the chest by the mutton thrown by him, and the five catties of mutton with ribs leaked out of the broad leaves and fell to the ground.

The two sergeants both snorted and took a step back involuntarily.

At the same time, two long knives roared from behind Master Jiang, and the white snow reflected the sun, making the blades shine brightly.

But before the blades of the two knives touched his body, Lord Jiang jumped up suddenly, like a toad flying into the air, then retracted his legs, and kicked the two of them firmly with the soles of his feet. The sergeant's chest was immediately kicked, causing the two of them to fall back to the ground.

"A practitioner who is only in the first stage, and three bastards who can't practice, also want to restrain Grandpa and me?" Master Jiang, who estimated the strength of the four, showed a sarcasm smile, and kicked his legs again when he landed , the whole person soared into the air, holding his hands on the eaves.

The small alley is a small alley after all, and the courtyard walls of the houses on both sides are not very high. For a person like him, it is extremely easy to climb up. However, given his familiarity with this area, once he climbs over this alley Wall, these four people probably will find no trace of him again.

"You should be lucky. If it wasn't for the fear that someone would come to help after a long delay, it would be no problem for me to kill the four of you." Master Jiang thought to himself.

The cold wind of the snowy day blew his scattered hair, and there was a slight whistling sound.

The smile on Master Jiang's mouth froze slightly.

It wasn't because the snow was too heavy, nor was it because the wind was too cold, but because just as he exerted his strength with both hands, he found that there was an undetectable line of blood on the fingers that he was holding tightly to the eaves.

The four people under the wall also had mocking smiles on their faces.

The next moment, Master Jiang fell heavily from the wall, rolling three times in the snow, and snowflakes covered him all over.

A bloodstain was shocking on the snow.

Master Jiang looked at his broken fingers in disbelief, thinking that he was still in a dream.

Then he wailed miserably, and as he wailed, he thought about it painfully, and a chill hit his heart.

How is this possible?He was already a practitioner of the third stage, how could he lose so quickly and completely, without even a chance to fight back?

"Who is it?" He cried, he knew that the four people in front of him absolutely did not have such strength, besides, he cut off his finger in an instant, but did not let him see the figure, such a method could only be ...

Then Master Jiang saw that figure, a figure standing at the entrance of the alley with a gray head and a stooped figure due to old age.

The old man glanced at him, and the sound of breaking through the air followed.

Master Jiang's eyes widened, and he tried to cover his throat with his fingerless hands, but he couldn't stop the hole at all. His body trembled violently and he died.

The entire city of Jinzhou was covered by a vast expanse of white snow, but a massacre unfolded silently amidst the heavy snow.

In one day, it is unknown how many people died.Some people died in the alleys, some by the stove, and some in the huts.

Some people were killed by a sword piercing through their hearts while drinking wine, some people cooked a pot of food but could never taste it again, some people hurriedly unbuttoned their belts, only to find that the gauze curtain of the big bed Inside, what lay there was not his own sweet wife, but a long knife slashing head-on.

A few days later, the government posted notices in various streets, explaining in a very peaceful but cold tone that the government had wiped out a "dishonest" Jianghu organization in the city a few days ago, and that this organization was married to Yinxue, the public loser of that day. The assassins of Japan have a great connection.

Most of the common people didn't know about the bloody cleansing a few days ago, the heavy snow was enough to cover too many traces, but the memory of those assassins who carried out a horrific assassination on Gongshu Yinxue's wedding day was still fresh in their memory.

In that battle, an unknown number of innocent people were involved, and countless people lost their loved ones.

Naturally, when they heard that these people were related to those assassins, the common people were all excited, wishing to hack these people to death with their own knives.

But in the crowd, the butcher Lao Jiu had complicated eyes. Being illiterate, he listened to the names announced one by one by the officials again, and confirmed that the word "Jiangzhong" did appear in the list. For a moment, he didn't know what he was Should it be angry and cursing, or should it be sad and crying.

Jiang Zhong is his frequent visitor and a friend he admires.

His old father is 81 years old. He likes to join in the fun. He is a kind old man who has worked hard all his life.

On the day Gongshu Yinxue got married, his old father took his little granddaughter to watch the ceremony, but in order to protect his little granddaughter, that is, Lao Jiu's little daughter, he was slashed twice by the fleeing assassin and died on the street...

Chapter 414 Branding

A few months later, the letter from Jingwu arrived in Jinzhou. The journey has gone through thousands of mountains and rivers. Even though the road was blocked by heavy snow, they still kept going forward.

Holding the silk book stored in the bamboo tube, Qin Ke was also a little excited. He certainly knew that it would not be easy for this letter to be delivered here at such a fast speed. Zhuge Wanling must have spent a lot of time. resources at hand.

"The handwriting is not bad." Cai Yan commented after watching Qin Ke slowly spread out the silk book, "As expected of Zhuge Wanling, my father once said that in terms of knowledge and talent, he is far inferior to Prime Minister Zhuge. But this word Although it is good, it is still a bit flawed, it seems a little vain?"

Qin Ke nodded: "Zhuge Wanling's health has not been very good, and I don't know what the disease is, but judging by his appearance, it is probably difficult to cure..."

Cai Yan also nodded, and then the four people present all looked at the content on the silk book.

About a quarter of an hour later, Qin Ke frowned slightly: "The blast furnace of the Mohist organ city?"

"I've heard of that thing." Gao Yishui said, "The Mohist's ability to smelt and forge iron is the best in the world, and it is precisely because of this that the mechanism technique is so powerful. The black knight's hand crossbow is also made by the Mohist special technology. Other countries can’t learn it even if they want to. But in the organ city, there are several blast furnaces that can reach a height of several feet, and the fires are enough to smelt the hardest meteorite in the world. Many magic weapons come from these blast furnaces.”

"Gong Shuban also mentioned before that he put the Five Elements Sinan in the blast furnace for ten years before splitting it in two." Speaking of this, Qin Ke couldn't help turning pale, "Fortunately, the letter said It takes less than a year to combine two into one, and if it takes ten years, wouldn't it be waiting for death."

"You will die in ten years, so you'd better make a will earlier and leave me more wine money." Gao Yishui grinned, completely ignoring Qin Ke's stare, "It seems that we need to stay longer in Jinzhou A lot of time."

"Why Jinzhou? Shouldn't we go to Jicheng? There must be a blast furnace in the organ city." Cai Yan asked curiously.

Gao Yishui smiled and said, "I thought so too, but a few days ago when I was collecting information from the public loser, I learned that after the public loser was demoted, he built an identical blast furnace in Jinzhou. You can guess the reason. Naturally, it is for the establishment of those organs in the underground palace."

"Doesn't that mean that we can start now?" Qin Ke was almost overjoyed. Compared with going to Jicheng to borrow a blast furnace from someone else's Mo family, it is obviously much easier to have Gongshu Yinxue in Gongshu's family. .

Thinking of this, Qin Ke couldn't wait any longer, and just said: "I'm going to find Yinxue now." Then he ran out the door quickly, but after a while, his figure appeared at the door again, all the way to the table , and finally put Wuxing Sinan into his arms, and smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Forgot to take it."

Gao Yishui sat on the chair, looked at Qin Ke's back that had been going out, couldn't help laughing, and said, "This guy..."

Cai Yan also wanted to follow, but her current status is not suitable for excessive contact with Gongshu Yinxue, she can only rest her chin on the back of her hand, and said a little boringly: "It means we will stay in Jinzhou for a long time? But I It's boring now."

Gao Yishui twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "It's not necessary to stay here every day. When spring comes next year, a hundred flowers will bloom, the grass will grow, and the warbler will fly. It's not a bad thing to go out on a horse for an outing."

Cai Yan glanced at him, and said: "The grass is still growing, and the matter of the public loser is not over yet... What about the matter of the public loser Yinxue and the Patriarch? Although the Five Elements Sinan is obtained now, according to A Ke's Temperament, it is impossible to leave Gongshu Yinxue alone."

"I didn't say I was going to leave, didn't I?" Gao Yishui spread his hands innocently, "The matter of the public loser always comes step by step. As for the position of Patriarch that Gongshu Yinxue wants, there are always other things. solution."

He suddenly smiled meaningfully: "Besides, I don't think my strategy is useless..."

"What do you mean?" Cai Yan tilted her head slightly, like a curled up cat.

Gao Yishui laughed: "I can't tell you now, because I'm still not sure. But in my opinion, we don't need to continue to intervene in the affairs of the public loser. Letting it develop freely is the best result. "

With the help of Gongshu Yinxue, the affairs of the Five Elements Sinan went very smoothly. After all, although the Gongshu family did have a blast furnace capable of forging magical weapons, it was conceivable that only Gongshu Ban could make it exert its true power.

Gongshu Pan has never had an apprentice in his life, and even among the descendants of Gongshu, none of them can achieve even half of the mechanical skills of the ancestor of Gongshu. is idle.

The foundry master of the public loser has not seen the public loser leave the underground palace and use the blast furnace for three years.

Although these days, the blast furnace has been regularly cleaned by them, but the blast furnace has been cooled for a long time. Seeing the raging flames rising inside again this time, the foundry masters of the public loser are also very sad.

And on the night of the reunion on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, another shocking news broke out inside the public loser: the underground palace has been closed, and the public loser seems to have left the underground palace without a trace!

In fact, Gongshu Ban has a withdrawn personality, and never participates in internal affairs except for using the resources of the Gongshu family when building institutions, but the old people of the Gongshu family have never diminished their respect for Gongshu Ban.

You know, this old man is a real, living legend. A person who once served as the chief instructor of mechanism art in Jishang Academy, counting the entire Gongshu family, I am afraid that only this old man has such an achievement.

After the public loser was expelled from Jicheng, the court had attacked the public loser several times, but was stopped by the giant, and even the most serious one convicted dozens of officials, causing an uproar in the court.

The reason for such a thing, the public loser is also very clear, it is not because the public loser has worked hard, but because it is said that the giant had a very good personal relationship with the public loser when he was young, and even cherished each other as bosom friends...

Today, this seemingly invisible mountain that has been standing in the public loser's house like a protective god has suddenly disappeared, which naturally makes many old people in the public loser panic.

Even, several old people couldn't afford to get sick because of this incident, and finally ended their hard work on the sickbed.

"How could such a thing happen? How could such a thing happen? The ancestors... don't you want to protect the public loser anymore?" In the ancestral hall where the ancestors were worshipped, an old man who was a public loser leaned on a cane and cried, "Is it possible? What did we do wrong?"

As the head of the family, Gong Shuren naturally sat in the center of the ancestral hall, but compared to previous years, his body was obviously unable to hold on this year, so he presided over the clan ceremony in the ancestral hall half sitting and half lying down.

"Uncle Jing, don't think too much about it." Gong Shuren is only middle-aged, but at this moment his desolate voice has already carried a bit of decay that belongs to an old man, "The old ancestor has been at home for many years, protecting Gong Shuren for many years, I have tried my best. But my father-in-law loser cannot be protected by only one person forever. Even the old ancestor is now very old. No matter how advanced his cultivation is, he will leave one day. Now that the underground palace is blocked, the old ancestor has left the public loser, and has his own things to do. We can only pray for him and hope that he can achieve what he wants. The road ahead depends on us. , and even the younger generation continue to go.”

After saying this, Gong Shuren looked a little tired, he waved his hand, and motioned for a few juniors to help the crying old men and walked out of the ancestral hall.

There is another big event to open the ancestral hall today.

Today is the day when Qin Ke officially entered Gongshu's family tree.

Although it is said that this method of male marriage will inevitably make many people look down on the public loser, but Qin Ke is also aware of the real relationship between himself and the public loser Yinxue, so he does not have too much psychological burden.

What's more, Gongshu Yinxue should be more sad about this kind of thing, so halfway through the walk, he approached Gongshu Yinxue, and whispered again: "Are you sure? Gongshu Ban is no longer in the underground palace. Well, even if I write it down in Gongshu's family tree, I won't be able to help you through the battle..."

Gongshu Yinxue shook his head, and said: "You asked me this question a long time ago, and it doesn't make any sense to ask it again now. What's done is done, how can we go back to the past? If uncle knows about our relationship, I'm afraid not What a good thing."

Qin Ke nodded, and he just wanted to confirm again suddenly, but it seemed that Gongshu Yinxue's intentions remained unchanged, and his will was far stronger than his.

However, is this really just to win the trust of Yu Gongshuren?

When the names of the two were written into the genealogy along with the ink marks, Gong Shuren's eyes also showed a gratified smile as an elder, and he clapped his hands lightly: "Seeing that the names of the two of you are written into the genealogy, I want to come to our Gongshu family." The ancestors of the past generations will also be happy to see them. From now on, you must take care of each other, support each other, and work together to overcome difficulties and hardships."

"Yes." The two saluted.

"Yinxue. I will leave the affairs of the ancestral hall to you in the future." Gong Shuren looked at his niece and said gently.

But such a seemingly plain sentence caused countless whispering voices in the ancestral hall.

You must know that not everyone is competent to preside over the opening of the ancestral hall and manage the affairs of the clan.

This kind of thing has always been presided over by the Patriarch himself. Even if the Patriarch has something to do or is unable to preside over it for some reason, he will appoint the most respected clan elder in the family to preside temporarily...

Could it be that Gongshu Ren wants to pass the position to Gongshu Yinxue?

Gongshujiu remained silent with a livid face, and the hands behind his back trembled faintly, as if he would raise his arms in the next moment and speak loudly the words of objection in his heart.

But soon, he found that Gongshu Ren only asked Gongshu Yinxue to preside over some daily chores in the ancestral hall, and did not mention things like succession, so he slowly relaxed.

That's right, Gongshu Yinxue is only a junior after all, so what if he has some ability to do things?The old people like the public loser are not low-minded, and it would be more difficult than ascending to heaven to make them bow their heads to the public loser Yinxue.

Gongshu Jiu looked at Gongshu Yinxue with a sneer, but there was a haze in his heart that never dissipated.

Although some days have passed, those killings in the snowy day of Jinzhou City are still deeply inserted into his heart like a steel knife.

Originally, he thought that his big brother was already dying, but he didn't expect that he would strike so swiftly!

During that massacre, he spent 15 years to secretly win over those masters of the rivers and lakes who were almost wiped out. If he hadn't read the notice issued by the yamen, he almost thought he was still in a dream.

Is this a dying person?At this time, how can such a thorough plan be made?How can he still have such a cold heart to kill?

Fortunately, he never came forward to buy these people from the rivers and lakes, and even these people didn't know that he was the master behind them. Gong Shuren would only think that these people had something to do with the assassins who assassinated Gongshu Yinxue, so they wouldn't do anything to him Influence.

But once he thought of it, Gongshu still felt a chill running up his spine and all the way to the back of his head, making him shiver slightly.

Gong Shujiu remained silent, settled his mind, and began to look at his niece carefully.

As early as many years ago, he hadn't regarded her as a real enemy, because in his opinion at that time, Gongshu Yinxue was just a child, a child who didn't understand anything.

However, now that she is getting older, she is slim and has become a married woman, and she behaves so gracefully that one can even see a bit of Gong Shuren's appearance when she was young.

Both internal and external affairs can become orderly through her hands, and there are very few mistakes. Many people in the entire public loser praise her unceasingly.

If she is given a few more years, maybe she really has the ability to challenge herself.

But now... Gongshu Jiu sneered in his heart: Your husband seems to be in love with you now, but in fact he is just a man of fame and fortune. For a little promised benefit... he has turned against you... and the only thing you can count on After opening the ancestral hall, entering the underground palace and breaking the formation, meeting Gongshu Pan is already a dead end, what tricks can you come up with?