Go to Kaifeng to be a civil servant

Anping Town is the largest town outside Chenzhou. If you come to Chenzhou, this town is the only way to go. There are more than a thousand households in Anping Town, right in the middle of East-West Street and North-South Ancient Road.Since the severe drought in Chenzhou, this town of Anping has also been affected a lot, and a lot of starving people from Chenzhou who escaped secretly poured into the town to beg for food.The people in the town also suffered from this, and it has been a long time since they smiled.

But this afternoon, the town was very lively. The buyers and sellers were all painted and painted. They were completely new and festooned.Groups of three or four gather on the street, which is a bit more lively than the market.

Such a scene was for no other reason than to welcome Bao Qingtian, the imperial envoy who was entrusted by the order.

Ever since Mr. Bao left Beijing, the news that Bao Qingtian was going to Chenzhou to deliver food spread like wildfire.A few days ago, the people of Anping Town received news that the imperial envoy Mr. Bao would pass by today.Therefore, the people in the town were all rejoicing, and gathered in the street early in the morning, preparing to line the streets to welcome them.By noon, the street was already crowded with dense crowds, men, women, old and young, rubbing each other's shoulders, all wanting to see the rumored Bao Qingtian and open their eyes.

Just after noon, I heard the sound of gongs coming from the main street leading to the outside of the town. It was Mr. Bao's team that entered Anping Town.

The people were even more excited when they heard this, and all of them stretched their necks and looked towards the street.

I saw a pair of teams coming from a distance, take a closer look, ho, what a majesty.

In front of the team, fifty pairs of horses ran away, four in a row, and the horses in each row must be the same color, almost the same height, short, fat, and thin, with shiny coats.The knights on the horses were all young lads, all wearing long-feathered caps and cross-horse uniforms, holding spears, broadswords, axes, and halberds in their hands. Due to the crowded streets, the horses did not run very smoothly. Slowly moving forward, the sound of horseshoes overlapped, extremely mighty; when the horse team passed by, the following team was Lord Bao's Taoist team, this team was no different from the previous horse team, it was not assigned by the imperial envoy, but the special protection of Lord Bao in the Kaifeng mansion The team led by Wang Chao and Ma Han, followed by many yamen servants from the Kuaiban and Zhuangban in Kaifeng Mansion. In the middle of the team was Mr. Gongsun, the master of the red pen. Carrying a large Wenhua sedan chair, with a red lacquer cover and a brocade body, the bearers who carry the sedan chair wear the same blue clothes and hold white sleeves, and they are all smart and capable; The emperor's imperial decree; after that, the three guillotines of Kaifeng Mansion, the dragon head guillotine, the tiger head guillotine, and the dog head guillotine, were all covered with yellow satin.

Mr. Bao sat in the Wenhua sedan chair, the curtain of the sedan chair was raised high, so that the common people could see this Mr. Qingtian with a real reputation.

Master Bao's face was like the bottom of a black pot, translucent in the black, translucent in the bright, with a broad forehead, square chin, two thick eyebrows flying to the temples, slender eyes, three black beards hanging down on his chest, in the middle of his forehead, and a long Surrounding the crescent moon; Mr. Bao is wearing black gauze with square wings on his head and a bright black satin python robe.

The common people had never seen Master Bao's appearance, but had only heard about it. When they saw him now, they felt that Master Bao was awe-inspiring and upright, and they couldn't help but bow their heads in respect.

At this moment, a shout came from the street crowd:

"Master Bao, you are wronged!"

A man in rags suddenly rushed out of the crowd, and just fell on the gap between the horse team and the Taoist team.

Not to mention the people in Anping Town, even the yamen guards guarding Mr. Bao were taken aback.

Looking fixedly, I saw this man, with ragged clothes, messy bun, without a pair of straw sandals on his feet, barefoot, kneeling in front of the Taoist team with his head bowed, tightly clutching a bundle in his hand.

The procession stopped, Wang Chao and Ma Han stepped forward and asked loudly: "Who is so bold to block the sedan chair of the imperial envoy?"

The man knelt down, kept kowtow, and shouted: "My lord, Mr. Bao, the grass people have a strange grievance!"

Mr. Bao had a tall car curtain, and he could see clearly at this time, so he asked, "What is wrong with you? Do you have a warrant?"

The man replied: "My lord, Caomin doesn't have a pleading paper, but he has a secret letter."

"Bring it up."

The man carefully took out an envelope from the bag and handed it to Wang Chao, who turned the envelope back and handed it to Lord Bao.

Master Bao took the envelope, opened it, and couldn't help being surprised.

I saw a few words written sparsely on the letter paper:

Severe drought in Chenzhou

An Lehou conspired against

This man is now secretly ordered to bring evidence

——a caring person

Mr. Bao hurriedly called Mr. Gongsun and handed over the letter.

When Mr. Gongsun received the letter, he couldn't help frowning, turned his head to Master Bao and said, "My lord, this..."

Lord Bao also looked serious, thought for a while, and asked the person kneeling in front of the sedan chair: "Who entrusted you to bring this letter?"

The man replied: "My lord, this matter is of great importance. I hope my lord will let Caomin answer further."

Master Bao nodded and said, "Chao Chao, Ma Han, let him come forward."

"Wait a minute!" Seeing this, Mr. Gongsun hurried forward to stop him, and said in a low voice: "My lord, this place is located in the surrounding area of ​​Chenzhou. The origin of this letter and this person are unknown. My lord should be careful."

Mr. Bao couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, and then carefully looked at the person kneeling in front of the sedan chair. He never raised his head, and he never gave his name.

"Chao Dynasty, Ma Han, take this person all the way to the hotel first, and then we will inquire in detail later."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a scream piercing through the air, followed by a plum blossom dart and shot at the back of the man in front of the sedan chair, it was so shrill, it was about to shoot through the man's back on the spot.

It was too late to say it, but it was so fast at that time, the captain Ma Han standing beside the man, after all, is a battle-tested figure, and his reaction is a bit quicker than other cavalry and guards.There was a flash of cold light in his hand, and the edge of the blade went backwards, and he just chopped down the plum blossom dart shot at the man to the ground at the very moment.

"There are assassins, protect the adults!"

With a loud shout, Ma Han immediately raised his knife to pull the man up, blocked him, and quickly retreated to the center of the team.

At this time, the cavalry and road teams guarding Lord Bao were alerted immediately, and they showed their weapons one after another, protecting Lord Bao's eight-carried sedan chair in the center.

The people in Anping Town have never seen such a scene before. When they saw this scene, they were terrified, and they all ran around like headless chickens. For a while, there were shouts, cries, footsteps, and screams. , the scene was chaotic, and if this continues, someone must be injured and die in the chaos.

When Master Bao saw this scene, he immediately stood up from the sedan chair and shouted loudly: "Don't make a mess!"

This Lord Bao is usually in the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion, and he is very majestic when he is raised to ask questions. Although he doesn't have a gavel at this time, his voice is also full of luck and power.

Hearing Lord Bao's yell, the fleeing people were startled, and they all froze in place before they knew it, not daring to move any more.

The street that was so noisy just now was suddenly silent, and even the sound of breathing could be clearly discerned.

I saw Mrs. Bao standing in front of the sedan chair, his tiger eyes wide open, and he yelled loudly: "Since I took office, I have never done anything wrong. I don't know which hero wants to seek my misfortune."

The streets were so silent, no one answered, and no one showed up.

Suddenly, there were several sounds of piercing through the air, and six plum blossom darts came through the air, with tricky angles, but they all went towards the man who had just stopped the sedan chair.

Ma Han, who was beside the man, suddenly turned pale with fright, and hastily swung the steel knife round, defiantly blocking the plum blossom dart, retreating while blocking, and involuntarily led the man into the center of the guard circle for a few steps.

Only then did everyone understand that the assassin of emotion was not after Master Bao, but the man who blocked the sedan chair and shouted for injustice.

Mr. Gongsun gave him a wink, and several police officers beside him rushed up to help Ma Han protect the man to the sedan chair.

In the midst of this, more than a dozen plum blossom darts have followed, each with precise targets, and one of them almost flew past the man's scalp. He refused to give up.

Wang Chao and Ma Han both stepped forward, and tried their best to block the continuous plum blossom darts. The guards around them were also like an enemy, fearing that the darts would hurt Mr. Bao, they all stepped forward and surrounded Mr. Bao in the center.And the barefoot man was also protected in the middle.

The plum-blossom darts arrived at high speed like continuous drizzle, and all the guards were only focused on dealing with the darts in front of them. No one noticed that the barefoot man had already arrived at Mr. Bao's side in the chaos, less than five steps away from Mr. Bao. Far.

Suddenly, the barefoot man suddenly pulled out a short dagger from the bag, turned around, and stabbed at Mr. Bao's throat.

This stab was very stern, the dagger flew away with the wind in it, seeing that Mr. Bao was about to be murdered, suddenly, a figure stood up and rushed in front of Mr. Bao, opened his arms, fixed his eyes, it was Mr. Gongsun.

It turned out that many guards were focused on fighting with those plum blossom darts, but Mr. Gongsun's eyes never left the barefoot man.The plum blossom dart came very strangely, although the dart looked dangerous, but the man was not injured at all in such a situation, as if the dart was shot just to bring the man closer to Mr. Bao.Sure enough, as soon as the man got close to Mr. Bao, his body burst into murderous aura, and he killed Mr. Bao painfully.Mr. Gongsun is the closest to Lord Bao and can see the most clearly. He was in a hurry, but he didn't care to shout, and rushed to Lord Bao, using his body as a shield to protect Lord Bao.

When the barefoot man saw it, he turned his wrist and slashed out the dagger. Mr. Gongsun stepped back and managed to avoid the blade. Unexpectedly, the man turned with the knife and kicked Mr. Gongsun away with a flying leg. After going out, he spun forward like a top, and when he settled down again, he was less than a foot away from Mr. Bao.

"My lord!" Mr. Gongsun was kicked to the ground, and when he saw this scene, his complexion changed drastically, and he shouted sharply.

Wang Chao and Ma Han felt that something was wrong at this time. Looking back, their faces turned ashen, and they rushed forward, but it was already too late.

"My lord, hide quickly!"

At this moment of extreme danger, Mr. Bao is not afraid of danger, his body is motionless, his tiger eyes are round, he stares fixedly at the man in front of him, as if turning a blind eye to the cold light dagger in front of him.

Seeing that the man was about to succeed, the blade of the dagger rushed straight to Master Bao's chest, but he caught a glimpse of Master Bao's dark face and awe-inspiring eyes from the corner of his eye. Between Mr. Bao and the dagger, there was a cold light sword inserted into it. The tip of the sword just blocked the tip of the dagger.

The barefoot man suddenly turned pale with shock.One must know what an exquisite sword technique it is to be able to insert a sword in such a gap to save people. Those who save people must be among the best in the Jianghu.

The barefoot man looked up along the long sword, and saw the man holding the sword standing on the roof of the sedan chair, a blue shirt fluttering in the wind, shrouded in golden sunlight in the afternoon, as if a god had come to the world, which made people dare not look directly at it.

Although the barefoot man didn't recognize this person, he did recognize his sword, with its cold light flowing, it was a famous weapon in ancient times: Juque.Immediately confirming the identity of the visitor, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Zhan Zhao?!"

With a flick of Zhan Zhao's sword, he took the dagger aside, his body was like a swallow darting across the water, he spun around in the air, his feet didn't touch the ground, but like an arrow flying from the string, he approached the barefoot man.

The barefoot man only felt a cold light shrouded in front of his eyes, murderous aura shot out everywhere, the dense sword wind was like a thin net, he couldn't breathe under the pressure, so he could only step back step by step, brandishing a one-foot dagger in his hand, barely parrying.

After thirty strokes, the man's temples were already covered with thin sweat, his breathing was heavy, his feet were unsteady, and he felt a cold light flash in front of his eyes.

Zhan Zhaozhi stood upright in the street, pointing at the assassin's throat with the big sword in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "Don't stop?!"

This sound was not aimed at the barefoot man, but at the man flying darts on the roof.

Sure enough, the plum blossom darts that were raining down on the ground suddenly stopped, and I saw a black shadow jumping up from the roof of the restaurant on the street, running away in embarrassment.

Zhan Zhao shouted again: "Dynasty, Ma Han!"

Wang Chao and Ma Han were also unambiguous, jumped up and chased the accomplice in the direction where he was fleeing.

A few guards stepped forward, tied up the barefoot man firmly, and took him down. Zhan Zhao put away Ju Que, turned around and saluted, "Your Excellency was surprised by the late arrival."

Lord Bao nodded and said, "Thanks to Guard Zhan, there is no need to be too polite."

Mr. Gongsun stood up straight, walked to Mr. Bao's side and said, "Thanks to Zhan's guards arriving in time, otherwise my lord will definitely be in trouble this time."

Zhan Zhao clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Gongsun is too much."

Mr. Gongsun looked at Zhan Zhao's side, and asked again: "Guard Zhan should be investigating cases in Chenzhou, why did he appear here? Why don't you see Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and Jin Kuai?"

Hearing this, Zhan Zhao seemed to be alarmed, looked around, and asked in confusion: "Maybe Zhang Long and Zhao Hu haven't arrived yet, but the Jin policeman was with Zhan, so why didn't they disappear?"

Before the words fell, a head popped out from the crowd of onlookers, looked around, and shouted, "Here it is!"

I saw this person struggled to squeeze out from the crowd, and squeezed in front of Mr. Bao's sedan chair, clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "Mr. Bao, seeing that you are safe and sound, Jin Qian is really grateful to God."

There was silence among the entire team.

After a while, Zhan Zhao asked, "Jin Qian, why are you among the common people?"

"This..." Jin Qian scratched his scalp, rolled his eyes, and said seriously: "Just now, my subordinates were afraid that there might still be assassins in the crowd, so they sacrificed their lives to investigate."

When everyone heard this, they were immediately alert and looked around, and several guards showed their weapons.

Mr. Gongsun hurriedly asked: "Is there anyone suspicious?"

When Jin Qian saw everyone's reaction, cold sweat broke out on his back immediately, and he said with a dry smile: "My lord, there is no suspicious person."

Mr. Bao nodded, stood up and looked around the people in the streets and alleys, seeing that although everyone looked terrified, but did not see the injured person, he felt much more at ease, and whispered to Mr. Gongsun: "Check to see if there are any injured people. Someone is injured, get medical attention immediately."

At this time, the assassin had just been caught, and the people were still in shock. Although the entire street was crowded with people, it was very quiet.Although Lord Bao's words sounded soft, they could still be heard far and wide.The people on the street could hear it even more clearly, and their hearts suddenly became hot.

Thinking of Master Qingtianbao, who was ordered to go on patrol to provide disaster relief in Chenzhou, and encountered assassins on the way, his own safety was particularly dangerous, but what he was worried about was the safety of the people. Such a good official is hard to find in the world.

I heard a voice from the crowd:

"Master Bao, don't worry, no one was hurt."

"Master Bao, you still have to take care of yourself!"

"Master Bao, you must take care of yourself!"

……

The sound bursts, like the waves of the sea, passing layer by layer.

Looking at the guards in the imperial envoy team, everyone's eyes were hot, and they felt extremely honored.

Master Bao still had a dark face, but he could see a bit of emotion from between his brows.

Mr. Gongsun and Zhan Zhao were overjoyed, and asked Mr. Bao to get on the sedan chair. The two of them guarded the side of the sedan chair, and the team continued to move forward slowly.

But Jin Qian, who was following behind the bearer, muttered in his mouth while walking: "Fortunately, no one found out that we hid in the crowd for fear of being implicated! Amen—"

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The imperial envoys go on tour under orders, and wherever they go, it is as if the holy car is there in person, so this ostentation is naturally indispensable.The team of imperial envoys has nearly a hundred people at least, so it is necessary to find a spacious place for the hotel along the way.

In Anping Town, the largest building is the Fire God Temple, with numerous temple houses and spacious temple courtyards, it naturally became the first choice for Lord Bao's team to rest.

The team entered the Fire God Temple, everyone made arrangements, Lord Bao didn't even change his clothes, he ordered the assassin to be brought in for questioning.

Not long after, I saw the assassin being tied up and brought into the room.

There was a chaotic fight just now, and no one could clearly see the person's appearance. Now they fixed their eyes and saw that the person had dark skin, a high forehead, a wide chin, a pair of messy eyebrows, a pair of small eyeballs, and a sideburn. Ballast, depending on age, no more than 30 years old.

Even though he was kneeling on the ground at this moment, he had a disdainful and bullish expression on his face.

Master Bao looked up and down for a moment, and asked, "Who are you, and why did you assassinate this mansion?"

The assassin didn't answer, but just stared at Zhan Zhao fixedly, pouted his lips and said, "Zhan Zhao, don't think that it's because of your great kung fu that you caught Grandpa me this time, if you didn't catch me by surprise and made dirty tricks, Grandpa won't fall into your hands either. Loosen the rope on Grandpa and me if you have the ability, and fight Grandpa for another [-] rounds!"

This speech is full of confidence, just listening to these few words, I really feel that this person's kung fu is not inferior to Nan Xia.

Zhan Zhao just stood beside Master Bao silently, without turning his eyes, and didn't answer.

Master Bao and Mr. Gongsun looked at each other, but they didn't feel comfortable talking to each other.

On the other hand, Jin Qian sneered, and said in a low voice, "Three hundred rounds? If Master Zhan hadn't slept for three days and nights when he heard that an assassin was coming to assassinate His Excellency, he wouldn't take the time if his arm was injured. Diagnosis and treatment, how many moves do you think you can make against him just now?"

"What?!" Master Bao and Mr. Gongsun blurted out at the same time.

When the assassin heard this, his eyes rounded and he stared at Zhan Zhao in a daze.

It was only then that everyone noticed that although Zhan Zhao was as usual, with a straight body and a calm face, he couldn't hide the tired look between his brows, and his bright black eyes seemed to have lost their luster at this time.And that half of the sleeves turned out to be dark in color. Although it was covered with dust, it could still be discerned that it was soaked in blood.

"Jin Qian!" Zhan Zhao looked at Jin Qian helplessly, and said, "Don't talk too much!"

"Don't talk too much!" Jin Qian suddenly jumped up and screamed, walked into the room a few steps, raised two fingers to pull down his eyelids, and shouted angrily: "Look at our bloodshot eyes, It’s even more exaggerated than that old spider’s web!” Hula rushed to Zhan Zhao’s side, pulled Zhan Zhao’s sleeve and shouted, “Did you see that, the whole sleeve was soaked in blood, and the wound was longer than the dagger just now !"

But I said in my heart: NND, I think we didn’t work so hard during the college entrance examination. We could apply for the world record without sleep for three days and three nights. Of course, such a touching story of overtime work should be publicized, and it would be worthwhile to exchange some overtime pay. !

"Guard Zhan—you..." Mr. Bao was full of regret, shook his head slightly, and said half a sentence, but it was difficult to speak.

Mr. Gongsun also bowed his head and remained silent. He paused for a long time before uttering a sentence: "Guard Zhan, go back to the room first and let me take a look at your wound."

But Zhan Zhao shook his head, and said calmly: "My lord, Mr. Gongsun, there is nothing serious about this subordinate, it is important to interrogate this person first."

Master Bao and Mr. Gongsun looked at Zhan Zhao's firm black eyes, and sighed secretly.

When he turned to the assassin again, Master Bao's eyes were obviously a little more fierce, and his voice was also quite dignified: "Who on earth sent you to assassinate this house? Why don't you hurry up, do you want this house to use severe punishment?"

When the assassin heard this, he was shocked, and then looked up at Zhan Zhao, with a look of admiration on his face. He lowered his head and thought for a while before he said, "Master Huibao, the name of the grassroots is Xiang Fu." , Lord Anle sent me to assassinate Your Excellency!"

Master Bao was shocked when he heard the words, and asked: "Why did An Lehou put the house to death?"

"Because my lord is going to Chenzhou to provide disaster relief and food."

"so what?"

Xiang Fu sighed, hesitated for a while, and then continued to tell the story of Anlehou occupying land in Chenzhou as king, doing whatever he wanted, building a "soft red hall" privately, and concealing the disaster.

After Master Bao heard this, his face turned black and purple with anger, his whole body trembled, he suddenly jumped up, and shouted loudly: "It's simply lawless, the moth of the country! Such a scum, this government will definitely punish him according to law!"

Mr. Gongsun, Zhan Zhao, and Jin Qian have long been accustomed to these words.Knowing that Mr. Bao is upright and has a character of jealousy and hatred, he will definitely do what he says, so he is not very surprised.But Xiang Fu is different. He grew up in the rivers and lakes since he was a child. Since he followed An Lehou to do things, all he has seen and heard are people who rely on power to oppress others and follow power. Hearing these words now, he is shocked He was so overwhelmed that he couldn't help but blurted out: "My lord, then Lord Anle is the uncle of the dynasty, a relative of the emperor!"

Master Bao's eyes froze, and he said, "So what? The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people!"

Xiang Fu opened his mouth halfway, and his eyes gradually shifted to Mr. Gongsun, Zhan Zhao and Jin Qian beside Mr. Bao.

Mr. Gongsun frowned slightly, but muttered to himself: "In this case, we must come up with a perfect plan..."

Zhan Zhao has a straight body, his eyes are like lightning, the tiredness on his face just now seems to have been swept away, as if he has gathered the soul of a thousand soldiers.

Jin Qian put his finger on his forehead, looking a little helpless, looked at Xiang Fu and said in a low voice: "Don't be surprised, there is nothing else in our Kaifeng mansion, just the kind of desperate Saburo who specializes in singing against the powerful, just get used to it. "

At this time, Xiang Fu suddenly felt a surge of pride in response to the situation, overflowing his chest, his eyes were faintly hot, he felt that his life of the past 20 years was wasted, and he actually followed that An Lehou to do so many ridiculous things He was ordered to assassinate such a rare Qingtian, and he was really ashamed to live between heaven and earth.

Thinking of this, Xiang Fu suddenly leaned over and kowtowed, the ground banged and shouted loudly: "Master Bao, Xiang Fu knows that his crime is unforgivable, and I hope Master Bao will punish him according to law!"

Master Bao saw that Xiang Fu's face was sincere and his eyes were clear, and he was delighted to know that this person did have repentance. He nodded and said to Mr. Gongsun, "What do you think, sir?"

Mr. Gongsun pondered for a while while twisting his beard, and asked, "Xiang Fu, are you willing to make meritorious deeds?"

Xiang Fu was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "How to make meritorious deeds?"

"Then An Lehou has been in Chenzhou for many years, and he has already taken root. But if we are newcomers, if we want to be enemies with him, I am afraid that we will be at a disadvantage. And you have been by An Lehou's side for many years, so you must know An Lehou very well. Why don't you just stay here? How about making a plan for me?"

When Xiang Fu heard this, he was immediately moved.Thinking about myself being a reckless Jianghu, who followed Anle and waited for many years to do evil, and even assassinated Mr. Bao, but now he is treated with such courtesy, I am afraid that the blessing of Sanshengxiu is nothing more than this.

Xiang Fu immediately kowtowed and said, "Xiang Fu should be ashamed!"

Master Bao nodded and smiled, signaling Jin Qian to loosen Xiang Fu's rope.

Xiang Fu loosened his ties, but he couldn't get up, instead he kowtowed and said, "My lord, the grass people have one more request."

"What's the matter?"

"The one who distributed the plum blossom darts in the market today is Caomin's brother named Xiang Pu. He is not bad in nature, but he followed the wrong master, and I hope the Lord will let him live."

Lord Bao frowned and said, "But Dynasty and Ma Han have-"

Xiang Fu hurriedly said: "The grass people know where the eldest brother is staying, and are willing to persuade him to surrender."

Master Bao nodded and said: "In that case, you should go as soon as possible."

"Thank you sir!" Xiang Fu kowtowed and got up to go out.

After Xiang Fu left, Mr. Gongsun said: "My lord, are you not afraid that this rich will never come back?"

Mr. Bao smiled and said: "Sir, you are too worried. When you look at people, you should first look at their eyes. This rich man has clear eyes, and he doesn't look like a liar."

Mr. Gongsun also smiled and said: "The students are taught." After a pause, he turned to Zhan Zhao and said, "I don't know the injury of Zhan's guard..."

Lord Bao also hurriedly said: "Mr. Gongsun, it is better to quickly diagnose and treat the injury for Zhan's guards."

Zhan Zhao blurted out instinctively: "Don't bother Mr. Zhan Zhao's injury has been caught by Jin—" After saying a few words, Zhan Zhao didn't know what to think, his face changed slightly, and he said again: "Mr. Trouble is still here."

Jin Qian listened to the words, and his scalp suddenly went numb.