In the evening, the cool wind blew around the eaves, passed through the cracks in the door, and caressed Zhu Xinghe's face in the room, causing even the few strands of white hair on his temples to flutter slightly.
Zhujia Villa.
The most heavily guarded place in the entire Zheng City is like the inner courtyard of an ancient palace. There are open posts and hidden posts everywhere. Even if you are a martial arts master-level master with good Qinggong, it is extremely difficult to sneak into Zhujia Villa silently.
Zhu Xinghe is now sixty years old, but his body is still strong, and his red face has a pair of wise eyes. It can be said that the reason why the Zhu family has grown to its current scale and become the first family in He Province is mainly due to his hard work.
"who?"
Zhu Xinghe, who was reading quietly, suddenly changed his expression and shouted sharply. At the same time, a sharp dagger was grasped in his hand. Holding the dagger in his backhand, his eyes were focused on the closed door.
"Crunch..."
The door was gently pushed open, and Tang Xiu, wearing black casual clothes and a bronze mask, stepped into the room. When he saw Zhu Xinghe's actions, a smile appeared in his eyes.
"Zhu Xinghe? The head of the Zhu family, right?"
Zhu Xinghe looked at Tang Xiu coldly. He did not notify the family guard immediately because he knew one thing very well. If the other party could come here quietly and stand in front of him, he would probably be very powerful. In the past, someone appeared in front of him without alerting any family guards like he did now. Although it was just that one time, the other person was indeed a powerful person.
"Who are you?"
Tang Xiu walked into the room, closed the door again, then grabbed a chair, put it opposite Zhu Xinghe, and said calmly: "It doesn't matter who I am, and I also have no intention of killing you. This time I took the liberty of I came here just to ask you a few questions. As long as you answer me honestly, I will leave directly after I get a satisfactory answer."
Zhu Xinghe frowned slightly and said calmly: "Your Excellency, there was once someone who stood in front of me quietly like you, but she still reported her family name. This is the most basic polite behavior. You want me to answer your question, No problem, but I need to know who you are.”
Tang Xiu said calmly: "If you know my identity, it will bring you a lot of trouble, and even bring a lot of trouble to your Zhu family. Despite this, you still want to know my identity?"
Zhu Xinghe said in a deep voice: "My Zhu family has never been afraid of trouble."
"you sure?"
A surging aura from Tang Xiu's body was instantly released, directly suppressing Zhu Xinghe and giving him a cold smile.
Zhu Xinghe's expression suddenly changed. He struggled to get rid of this terrifying sense of oppression, but what shocked him was that even though the zhenqi in his body surged crazily and he almost exhausted all his strength, he still couldn't move at all. .
This person…
So scary, even scarier than she was back then.
Tang Xiu asked again: "Are you really sure?"
Zhu Xinghe was silent. Although he could speak now, he did not dare to insist anymore. With the other party's terrifying strength, he alone might be able to kill all the guards of his entire Zhu family overnight. Be clean, including all members of your Zhu family.
After a while.
Zhu Xinghe asked slowly with a bit of helplessness and bitterness: "What do you want to ask?"
Tang Xiu regained his momentum, crossed his legs, took out half a pack of cigarettes, took one out and lit it, then threw the remaining half pack of cigarettes to Zhu Xinghe and said lightly: "Your Zhu family is the first family in He Province. I think what’s great is not only your strength, but also your intelligence information. And since you are in a high position, you should have met that person before, so the main purpose of my coming here this time is to hope that you can talk to me about Piaoxue. Things about the mountain villa.”
"Piaoxue Villa?"
Zhu Xinghe's expression changed slightly, and he smiled bitterly and said: "You are all the same kind of people, why do you have to have trouble with ordinary people like me? If there is any grudge between you, please resolve it yourself."
Tang Xiu said: "Of course, our affairs will never affect you or your Zhu family. I just wanted to come over and get some information. After all, we all understand the principle of knowing your enemy and knowing yourself and you will win in any battle."
Zhu Xinghe asked: "Are you in a hostile relationship with Piaoxue Villa?"
Tang Xiu stretched out a finger, shook it and said, "No, no, no, I'm not sure yet, Piaoxue Villa is my enemy. Zhu Xinghe, answer my question, who is the owner of Piaoxue Villa?"
Zhu Xinghe was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Xue Wuhen."
Tang Xiu said: "Be specific."
Zhu Xinghe said: "Xue Wuhen, the woman's appearance is unclear. I have seen her once in my life. At that time, she appeared in front of me wearing a bronze mask like you, and appeared where you are sitting now. She is very strong. , the aura she released back then was a little worse than yours now, but the difference is not big. Others, I don’t know."
Tang Xiu asked: "You mean, she once came to find you in person for the sake of friction between the two of you?"
Zhu Xinghe felt something in his heart, and instantly realized that before the mysterious man in front of him arrived, he should have done some research on himself and Piaoxue Villa.
"That's right!"
Tang Xiu nodded and said, "So, you mean, the other party is also a cultivator?"
Zhu Xinghe smiled bitterly and said: "Other than the ascetics, who else can possess such powerful strength as you? I ask myself that among ordinary people, I am very strong. I broke through to the realm of martial arts master more than ten years ago, but compared with you In comparison, it’s just a huge difference.”
Tang Xiu thought quietly for a few minutes and asked again: "What are the characteristics of the other party?"
Zhu Xinghe said: "She is tall and wearing a white dress. The only characteristic is that she has her feet exposed. I could see it clearly at the time."
Tang Xiu narrowed his eyes, nodded and said, "Tell me about the situation at Piaoxue Villa."
Zhu Xinghe nodded and said: "Piaoxue Villa is known as the third largest force in He Province, but that is not the case. If my guess is correct, the overall power of Piaoxue Villa is definitely much stronger than our Zhu family. Nothing else. He said that just one person, Xue Wuhen, could kill all of our Zhu family if they really wanted to fight. Now, the person in charge of Piaoxue Villa is the deputy owner Xue Mengdie. This woman is very powerful and has many tricks. They are also very powerful. In just over twenty years, the business of Piaoxue Villa has spread all over the province, and many businesses are quietly monopolized by them. By the way, what I need to emphasize is that all the members of Piaoxue Villa are It’s made up of women.”
"All women?"
Tang Xiu had a look of surprise on his face.
Zhu Xinghe smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, they are all. It is said that women can hold up half the sky, and they have completely verified it. Although those women control some men, those men only do things for them, and they are not considered Piaoxue at all. People from the Villa. As far as I know, in the past few decades, there has been only one man who has been able to step into the Piaoxue Villa, and it happened just a few months ago."
Tang Xiu's expression changed and he asked, "Who is that man?"
Zhu Xinghe said: "I don't know him very well, I only know his name: Chu Yuan."
Chu Yuan
A handsome face and a suave appearance appeared in Tang Xiu's mind. He was once the successor of Shanghai Yuyuan, a well-known genius in the Shanghai business world, and a member of the Qi family, and was the pursuer of Zeng Xueyu.
but.
How could he enter Piaoxue Villa? Could it be that some woman in Piaoxue Villa has fallen in love with him
Thinking of this possibility, Tang Xiu suddenly showed a smile and asked, "Is there anything else about Piaoxue Villa? Something very special."
Zhu Xinghe shook his head and said: "Although we are all in Zheng City, Piaoxue Villa is too hidden and very low-key. Generally, the people exposed to the outside are those who work for Piaoxue Villa. For their Villa Even I don’t know much about the members inside.”
Tang Xiu no longer asked about the situation of Piaoxue Villa, but said: "Aren't you afraid that I am from Piaoxue Villa? You are so cooperative in answering my questions, are you not afraid?"
Zhu Xinghe showed a smile, shook his head and said, "I just said that there are no men in Piaoxue Villa."
Tang Xiu nodded, and as the door opened instantly, Tang Xiu who was sitting on the chair disappeared into thin air. There was only a faint sound of the door closing, proving that someone had just arrived.
"Huh..."
Zhu Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief, took out a cigarette with trembling hands, lit it and took a puff, and suddenly his expression changed slightly.
"This cigarette?"
He could easily feel that as he sucked the cigarette into his stomach, it immediately turned into a warm current flowing through his limbs. Just this one puff, he felt, was enough to be worth months of hard training.
suddenly.
A familiar voice came into his ears: "Inform your Zhu family's intelligence personnel and ask them to go into hibernation. In the next six months, they should not deliberately collect any intelligence or investigate anyone."
Zhu Xinghe's expression changed, and there was a hint of awe in his eyes. He stood up and clasped his fists and said, "No one dares to disobey your orders. Within half a year, the Zhu family will no longer pay attention to intelligence matters."
call out! call out! call out!
Several lightning-like figures appeared outside the door in an instant. As the door was pushed open, a middle-aged man wearing black training clothes and carrying a long knife on his back glanced around vigilantly. Eyes, then he respectfully clasped his fists and said: "Master, what happened?"
Zhu Xinghe walked out of the room, looked around a few times, and then said with a wry smile: "A guest just came."
The expressions of several people changed, showing expressions of shock. The middle-aged man at the head whispered: "Is it the one from Piaoxue Villa again?"
Zhu Xinghe shook his head and said, "No, it's more terrifying than her."
Several people looked at each other, and a chill suddenly grew in their hearts. The person from Piaoxue Villa gave them a huge shock more than ten years ago, but they didn't expect that someone more powerful than her would appear now.