"Master, Gao Tianqiu has the Z6 Research Institute behind him... If they fall out, it will be difficult for Director Dongfang to do his job."
Sparks were flying from the burning brazier. The round-faced young man was about to leave when a man wearing gold-rimmed glasses stepped out of the shadows and looked at the silhouette of the first person who was about to leave. This person was the man in the red car that Gao Tianqiu saw when he accompanied Tang Liren to the Chongbin City dock to arrest several Japanese people.
Over there, the young man holding the knife winked at him and slightly shook his face, signaling him not to say anything. However, the walking figure in the white suit stopped and spoke in a cold voice.
"Shaoqin, are you scared?"
The feminine and handsome face tilted slightly, and the eyes slanted across the corners of the eyes with an indescribable coldness, which made the man who had just spoken look at him, and hurriedly lowered his head and squeezed out a word: "Shao Qin didn't, he just took the overall situation into consideration."
"I don't mind the overall situation, but Zhen Chun is still in their hands. None of my people can be lost!"
The man in the white suit turned his eyes back, walked down the stairs and strode away. His name was Bai Ning, the actual controller of the eunuch family. However, when it came to matters of the country and family, he always distinguished right from wrong and never crossed the red line. He captured Gao Tianqiu of Z6 only to exchange for Cao Zhen who had stolen the red stone before. On the other hand, Director Dongfang of the Z9 branch would deal with the situation for him. He didn't have to worry about losing control of the situation, at least it would be within a controllable range.
In the hall, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed as the people left. The round-faced young man was covered in cold sweat. Some other figures in the shadows also walked out one by one, gathered together, and looked at the open side door over there.
"Master, you have become more and more indifferent recently."
"It seems like he's suppressing something."
"Did the Governor use the thing Cao Zhen sent?"
"You mean redstone?"
"No way... Master's martial arts, why do we need to rely on the power of red stone?"
"Sister... don't forget that there was a guy named Xia who competed with Master... didn't you say that he was slightly better than Master... Master has always been number one..."
The one who was stuttering was a young man who was leaning against a rock pillar. He was very tall and fat, and looked to be in his early twenties, with a fat head and big ears. There was also a woman who called herself his master. She was wearing a red short top that exposed her navel and was tight on her chest, but she was wearing loose trousers. She had her hair shaved short and looked quite neat.
The round-faced fat boy named Gao En quickly smiled at them and said, "You two, why don't I go and fetch the person first? You can talk to the governor about the rest. I won't get involved."
"I'll take care of this, don't interfere."
The man with gold-rimmed glasses who had spoken to Bai Ning before turned around. Under the reflection of the firelight, his eyes were stern and he said, "No matter what the governor thinks, we can't just let this happen. I don't want to see the eunuchs go to ruin."
He paused, looked at the few people, and was silent for a while: "... I don't want to see you all go your separate ways."
The sound of leather shoes stepping on the cold floor faded away to the front door. The few people left looked at each other, then looked towards the side door, feeling a little worried.
…
The wind from high in the sky blew in through the slightly opened window, gently fluttering the floor-length curtains. The young man holding the slender blade followed behind Bai Ning, looking at the figure walking forward, hesitating whether to speak.
In front, the figure who walked into the study suddenly staggered, and reached out to grab the nearest floor lamp. As he grabbed it, the lamppost and lampshade fell to the ground with a bang, and the bulb was smashed into pieces.
"Master."
The young man holding the knife hurriedly went over to help, Bai Ning held his hand to prop himself up, then pushed him away, staggered, and stumbled to sit on the sofa. When he raised his head, a layer of sweat broke out on his feminine face. His hands tightly grasped the two sides of the sofa, tearing the cloth and pulling out the cotton inside.
The veins on the back of his hands were bulging, the blood vessels under the skin were protruding, and a layer of red appeared around his eye sockets.
"Master!" The young man who was pushed aside rushed over.
Bai Ning, who was sitting on the sofa, suddenly opened his eyes and yelled at him: "Don't come over here!!" His voice was filled with tremendous internal energy. The bookshelves and books on the surroundings exploded with a bang, torn pieces of paper flew everywhere, and the windows that were far away burst one by one.
The young man who was yelled at stumbled back holding the black knife and fell backwards on another sofa. Looking at the opposite side, he was too shocked to speak. He saw that the pupils of the master he mentioned had shrunk into small dots in an instant, emitting a terrifying red light.
At this moment, the black knife in the young man's arms hummed and popped out by itself, revealing a slender blade. A cold light reflected in Bai Ning's sight. The latter squinted his eyes and turned his face away, subconsciously raising his hand to block his sight.
The body trembled slightly for a while before gradually stopping. Amidst the heavy breathing, the moment the red light in the eyes faded away, the black knife retracted into the scabbard and there was no more movement.
"Master, do you feel better now?" The young man put down the black knife, hurried to the messy desk over there, brushed away a layer of broken pages, poured a cup of warm water and handed it over.
call…
Whoosh…
Bai Ning took a sip of warm water, and the murderous aura that had permeated his body just now calmed down. His pupils also returned to normal. He looked at the disciple in front of him, without the coldness that had kept people away in the hall before.
The voice became much gentler.
"… I'll suppress it for now. I hope it doesn't scare you?"
Putting down the water cup, Bai Ning reached out to take the black knife and placed it horizontally across his leg. His fingertips stroked the dense scales on the sheath. The small green snake that was clinging to his middle finger spit out its tongue as if to comfort him, and rubbed his finger.
Bai Ning patted its little head, exhaled deeply, and suppressed the last waves in his body.
"This red stone given by Cao Zhen... I overestimated myself. I originally thought that I could suppress negative emotions with the will of a warrior, but now it seems that it will not only cause negativity, but also make people lose their minds... and become extremely violent."
"Master has already done something that ordinary people can hardly do, so why bother?"
The man on the sofa glanced at his apprentice, but this time he did not answer. He just stroked the scabbard and looked at the messy bookshelf. There was a complex depth in his eyes, and even the apprentice who was always by his side found it difficult to understand the meaning behind it.
"You won't understand what I do, so don't guess. I don't like it."
Bai Ning looked at the bookshelf and said something softly, then turned his gaze to the window, looking at the sunset glow coming in, with an unfathomable smile on his face and a flash of red in his eyes.
Under the same sky, in another city, Lu Liangsheng was sitting under the eaves flipping through a book. As if he felt something, he raised his face, closed the book, walked to the center of the courtyard, looked up in a certain direction, and frowned slightly.
In the kitchen where smoke was curling, the Taoist priest, wearing an apron and holding a shovel, came out and tilted his head to glance up at the sky.
"Mr. Lu, did you feel it too?"
"Um."
The locust tree in the courtyard was gently caressed by the wind, and the scholar in the courtyard looked up at the red sky and hummed softly.
"This demon star's aura is quite strong..."
The words fell.
The bamboo forest swayed, and the yard was filled with rustling sounds.