After midnight

"Little ghost, I advise you not to follow me anymore. You will regret it."

The man turned around, and the look behind him was like a poisoned sword. This was an empty alley, and if the little brat followed him again, he would definitely be exposed, but no one answered him.

Song Yu continued to walk forward, but he didn't go far before he heard footsteps behind him again. Jiu followed him. He was not stupid. He knew he would be exposed, but he just couldn't give up.

"Little ghost, I will make Lin Xuanfeng feel pain and regret for not taking good care of you."

Song Yu turned around, his eyes sparkling with excitement. This was a very young child, but he had no intention of letting him go since he found Ah Jiu, otherwise how could he not get rid of a child? Not to mention, he used a very provocative action to seduce him.

Since it’s not Lin Xuanfeng, then you can just barely be me.

Ah Jiu resisted the urge to retreat and swallowed his saliva. He really knew who he was. Ah Jiu stared at him defensively and remained alert.

Yes, it was this look that made Song Yu extremely disgusted. He was obviously terribly scared but he still had to hold on. Did he really think he could resist fate and that misfortune would never befall him?

Song Yu casually pointed his finger, and in an instant, all the hidden weapons flew towards Ajiu, forcing Ajiu to defend himself. In an instant, the shattered soil clods fell in the air, and when the wind blew, the gravel scattered everywhere.

This kid's ability is also wind? Song Yu was a little interested.

Before Ajiu could defend himself, the tear in the earth instantly buried him and he fell down.

Song Yu listened to the pleasant screams and waited leisurely. Occasionally, when he came across an interesting toy, he was still interested in playing with it.

Ah Jiu quickly climbed up, gritting his teeth like a little leopard that was despised. He intuitively concluded that the man must still be standing there waiting for him to give him a heavier blow. So, Ah Jiu gathered enough strength, jumped up, dodged the sudden attack of the earth, and then two winds shot left and right like two curved thorns.

Song Yu dodged it lightly, and when he raised his hand, the broken soil blocks hit Jiu again. Jiu wanted to cut it with the wind again, but found that he encountered greater resistance than before, and the soil blocks spun and broke through the wind and hit him heavily.

Why? Ah Jiu stared at the man's face fiercely. Suddenly, in a flash, Ah Jiu suddenly understood. This man has special abilities! I'm afraid that the man who looked down on him so much is Song Yu! The current head of the Song family that Master mentioned!

Ajiu's face turned pale.

Song Yu didn't intend to give him time to rest. He raised his hand again, and several earth mounds rose from the ground to attack from all sides, leaving Ah Jiu with no chance to fight back. Ah Jiu looked around and had to break through one by one. He increased the strength of the whirlwind and shattered every earth pillar.

Ah Jiu looked at Song Yu. This man was too strong. He had never fought with such a man before. He had already exerted all his strength and was out of breath, but his breathing was not disordered at all. Ah Jiu's panting became more and more intense. No, it was because he was too weak!

Song Yu looked at Ah Jiu expressionlessly and raised his hand again. He hated the look of someone trying to resist.

This time, Ajiu couldn't dodge in time. The fist-sized piece of earth with three times the weight attacked his right hand, and Ajiu took it.

Beizheng Street, three blocks away, was still in chaos. Lin Xuanfeng finally squeezed to the center of the incident and pleaded with the uncles and aunts who had tied up the two men. "They don't deserve this disaster. Please let them go first."

The uncle glanced at the tall and strong man and asked, "Who are you?"

"I..." Lin Xuanfeng hesitated. He knew that he couldn't say his real name.

"If it's not Lu Li, forget it." The uncle rolled his eyes and shook his head. In that moment, he spotted Lu Li who was protecting Lin Nuan and coming over here.

"I heard that Lu Li married Lin Nuan from the Lin family and became their in-laws, so that must be you two."

As soon as the uncle finished speaking, there was an uproar. Everyone rushed towards the two of them without caring. Seeing this situation, Lin Xuanfeng knew that it would be better for him not to intervene. So, he could only secretly observe which people had ulterior motives and were trying to take advantage of the situation.

"Yes, it's us. I'm Lu Li, and Lu's is also building the Hanging Window Station. But please calm down, everyone. Please rest assured that building the Hanging Window Station is a business activity approved by Jiu Xiang. We promise that we will never disturb your peace. Jiuguo will always be a country, and Jiu Xiang is still the current Jiu Xiang. I would like to ask everyone to calm down and understand that those who are maliciously inciting everyone's emotions have ulterior motives! They are the culprits!"

"Humph, can we trust what the merchant says? We don't believe it!"

"That's right, don't treat us like idiots. Who doesn't know that it's you three big families fighting for power? You can even sideline Lord Jiu Xiang, what can we do to you!"

"Yes, our generation is not like the previous generation. Confess all your crimes!"

There is no shortage of young people in the crowd. They are the new force. They only support their own country, do not support the three major families, and are still taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the revolutionary army.

From the people's condemnation, Lin Xuanfeng couldn't help but think of Fang Hao's expectations of him. He stood surrounded by the excited people, and for some reason, tears welled up in his eyes. Lin Xuanfeng was a rare and powerful general in the revolutionary army, but few people had the true chivalrous spirit and tenderness like him.

Although he seemed to be hostile to the people, he was keenly aware of what the people really wanted. They wanted a peaceful life, but that was because they hated the old-fashioned families that had been entrenched in the power center for too long and played tricks on them. They rashly tied the Lu and Lin families together with the Song family because they knew too well who was pushing for the outbreak of the war, and it was the old-fashioned conservative families represented by the Song family.

They hate being victims of power! It is power that has provoked today's old and new wars. Therefore, any slight disturbance can easily provoke their fragile nerves.

They are now anxiously wanting to rise up because they are afraid! They are afraid of becoming victims of war!

Lin Xuanfeng was greatly shocked. He hated the old-fashioned families just like them. Not only did they not lead people to new hope, but they also wanted to kill the budding hope! But even so, he could not reveal his identity now.

Lin Xuanfeng stood there, observing carefully while looking at Lu Li and Lin Nuan. He also wanted to know how they could solve it.

An Yan stood in the streets of Beizhong, looking towards the north city and feeling very anxious. He was originally going to look for Lin Changxing, but his intuition told him that the most urgent thing now was not this one, so what was it? An Yan showed a rare look of hesitation on his face.

The person who ended this situation and saved him was He. He wrote him a letter, saying that he had returned to Beizhong and was now in that house, and that Yinrang had brought him some things. After reading this, An Yan almost immediately rushed home.

"Brother An Yan!" Seeing An Yan coming back exhausted, He immediately spread out the booklets that were originally folded on the table.

"what is this?"

"I have sorted out everything that Brother Yin asked me to give you. The interest network of important figures in Beizhong and Beicheng is all here. It is absolutely the most confidential and unique!"

The two thick books were obviously the latest ones, and it would be a lie for An Yan to say that he was not excited. But when An Yan held the two books in his hands, he felt light and fluttery.

"By the way, Brother Anyan, Brother Yin specifically asked me to give this to you. He said you might need to take a look at it."

He rummaged through his pocket and pulled out two neatly folded pages of yellowed paper. An Yan opened them one by one and spread them flat on the table. Aren't these two things the big-character posters?

—The Lu clan descended suddenly, and the shopping mall became a hanging window—

—Lu Li of the Lu family colluded with the revolutionary army to flatten the North City and betray the Nine Kingdoms—

Seeing An Yan staring at the two posters with a frown on his face, He went on to explain, "Brother Yin told me that you might need to see this with your own eyes, but he didn't really understand what exactly happened."

"I know!" An Yan suddenly realized. "He, bring me the letter!"

He rushed to the bedside table to get the letter for An Yan. An Yan took the letter and lay there, writing hard. He wrote very fast and anxiously. After seeing the letter fly away, An Yan walked around the room for a few more times before finding a stool to sit down and pulling the two books in front of him.

"Brother An Yan, what did you write? What did Brother Yin say to me?"

"Yin probably discovered that these two posters had a strong purpose, but he didn't understand why the other party did this, so he asked you to bring them to me. When did Yin ask you to bring these two things to me?"

"It was early in the morning. Our people tore them down right after they were posted."

"That's right. After all, there weren't two riots in a row at that time. The first one happened in the morning in North Central, but then the second one happened in North City at noon. This is definitely a conspiracy."

"Then what do you understand, Brother An Yan?"

"One person's name stands out too much. Look carefully at the second photo. The words 'Revolutionary Army' are light and vague. You have no idea who he is talking about. On the contrary, Lu Li's name stands out too much under the background and preconceived notion of the first photo. He, if you were an ordinary citizen, and Lu Li, Lin Nuan, and Lin Xuanfeng appeared in front of you at the same time, who would you question first?"

"Of course it's Lu Li from the Lu family."

"Yes, this is what they want. They want the people to deal with Lu Li, so they can deal with him..."

"Lin Xuanfeng!"

"Yes, they seem to be focusing their fire on Lu Li, but the one they really want to deal with is Lin Xuanfeng."

At this point, An Yan was a little worried, but he continued to explain to He. "When strong people are entangled with each other, the most effective way is to alienate them, separate them and then defeat them one by one. So when they choose to deal with Lin Xuanfeng, in order to ensure success, they can only trip up Lu Li and Lin Nuan to make Lin Xuanfeng isolated and helpless. In addition, the Lu family has a lot of say in North City, and inciting the people and using the people to create pressure is the best blow to the Lu family."

“Oh, so this is killing two birds with one stone?”

"Yes, if Lu Li and Lin Xuanfeng were to switch positions, the effect would probably not be so good. But unfortunately, the effect would not be as good as they expected."

"Why?" He was already fascinated by the story, as if he was listening to a story.

"Their understanding of their opponents is too shallow. If they were dealing with Zhou Chen in the same situation, this strategy would be perfect."

"Why?" He held his face and asked with increasing curiosity.

An Yan smiled, "If it was Zhou Chen, he would avoid Lu Li and Lin Nuan, and he would not interfere in the unrest of the people. He might even be unable to bear the loneliness and take the opportunity to find his own way and fall into the trap of the Song family. But Brother, he will not ignore those innocent faces who are excited, and he might even get in touch with them first."

"Oh, I understand. As long as Lin Xuanfeng is not alone, their plan will not succeed. Brother An Yan, you wrote the letter to tell them this."

"Yes, that's right."

"Brother An Yan, you are really not as aloof as the rumors say. You are really smart and capable."

"Really? He, take a rest. I'll take these two books away."

"Okay." He waved and watched An Yan leave. He was actually wrong. It was true that An Yan was aloof and smart, but it was far more than that.

When An Yan sent the letter away, the blockade unilaterally set up by the people on the streets of North City was in a tense state.

"You all know that this won't solve the problem. I don't mind continuing to waste time with you. But don't you have to go home to cook and take care of the children? Don't you have to keep the shop open?" Lin Nuan calmed everyone's emotions.

"I've already said it, and Lu Li has repeatedly assured us that we will never hurt you. But what can we do if you don't trust us? And you still want us to come up with a definite and feasible solution? You want us to leave? We can leave, but the Hanging Window Station will still be built, and we still can't guarantee that North City will be peaceful. Why? Because we were not the ones who really provoked the dispute. Don't you know that? Who deliberately killed my parents on the day of my wedding with Lu Li? It was Song Hongtian! It was Song Yu!"

Everyone looked at Lin Nuan, you looked at me, I looked at you, and some of them were shaken.

Lin Nuan continued, "I, Lin Nuan, have never done anything to let you down. The two kidnapped brothers are just like you, ordinary people. They are just trying to make a living. Why do you have to embarrass them? I promise you again that as long as you make reasonable demands, I will consider them and we can discuss it."

"So, please think carefully and state your demands. Why not elect someone who can represent you now, and we can discuss it."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Lin Nuan's words successfully won everyone's sympathy, and every word she said was reasonable and her attitude was sincere. For a moment, they didn't know what to do. At this moment, Lin Xuanfeng received the letter written by An Yan.

Lin Xuanfeng was drowned in the crowd, and the sudden letter he received did not attract the attention of others. He opened the letter, as if he was facing a great enemy. He glanced around anxiously, but did not find any suspicious objects. Then, he looked towards Laixi Inn.

The windows on the third floor of Laixi Inn were closed, but there were many people in the rooms on the second floor looking in. Lin Xuanfeng's expression changed. Where was Ah Jiu? With Ah Jiu's personality, how could he be willing to stay out of it? Lin Xuanfeng felt panic for no reason.

"Look!"

Just as Lin Xuanfeng was about to push through the crowd to go back to the hotel, a few screams suddenly broke out from the crowd. He looked over and saw that in the air not far away, the strong wind had swept up a large amount of tiles, stones, and a mountain-like pile of earth, which was swirling in the air.

Lin Xuanfeng suddenly opened his eyes wide, his mind went blank, and he ran away.

He couldn't care about anything at the moment, he just wanted to go faster, faster! That gust of wind, it wasn't Ah Jiu, it definitely wasn't Ah Jiu! Lin Xuanfeng ran wildly, his face extremely gloomy, and then he saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

In the long and narrow corridor, Song Yu was standing in front of him, but he could see Ajiu on the opposite side through him.

Ah Jiu's body was stained with dirt, but the dirt could not resist the thick blood stains, which stuck to Ah Jiu's body piece by piece. How did the blood stains get everywhere? Ah Jiu could hardly stand, his right arm drooped, lifeless, and even his legs were bent.

He held on stubbornly, with dazzling light bursting out from his left hand. The tornado in front of him was still howling, violently blocking everything for him.

"Song Yu!!!" Lin Xuanfeng was furious, and the wind blade hit Song Yu furiously like a knife. In an instant, Song Yu's arms, thighs and back were all torn apart.

Song Yu's eyes widened and he fell to the side. He coughed in pain and looked at Lin Xuanfeng, whose aura was like a ghost, in fear.

But Lin Xuanfeng didn't even look at him and rushed directly towards Ajiu who was a few steps away from him.

The tornado that blocked Ajiu's way was still sweeping forward. It devoured the thick concrete on both sides of the streets and engulfed the houses, leaving only rubble.

"Ajiu, Ajiu, I am the master." Lin Xuanfeng said softly, but his voice was hoarse.

"...Master..." Jiu wanted to look up at him, but suddenly fell to the ground. The tornado disappeared in an instant.

Lin Xuanfeng rushed forward and picked him up tremblingly. Behind them, countless debris and rubble fell to the ground.