"What! Impossible!"

Lu Guiming was so scared that his whole body trembled, and looked at Liu Xiuping who was slowly approaching with a pale face. He was tightly pressed against the wooden wall behind him, but his hands and feet were tied up by ropes and could not be broken free. He could only scream: "No! No!"

...

Outside the house, the strong man could only hear a shrill scream from the house and then no longer hear. If he listened carefully, he could only hear the faint sour creaking sound from inside. He couldn't help but feel a little scared. He quickly put his mind on his mind and dared not eavesdrop again.

He didn't expect that this young master who looked weak would have such a vicious mind, and he was really not good at being a good person.

About a moment later, footsteps began to sound in the room, and then the door slowly opened from the inside. Liu Xiuping, who had a white face and a significantly better complexion than before, gently wiped his mouth with an embroidered handkerchief and walked out slowly.

"You go and deal with it, don't be discovered by others." He whispered.

"Yes!" The strong man nodded immediately, turned around and entered the room, and then carried a black cloth bag that seemed to seep blood and walked into the depths of the dense forest.

After a long time, the strong man came back with some bloody smell on his body and said respectfully: "Young Master, I believe that tomorrow morning, the woodcutter who went up the mountain to chop wood would "stumble" to see the unrecognizable corpse that was eaten by wild animals."

"That's good."

Liu Xiu said lightly: "I am most afraid of trouble. After suffering a loss once, I don't want to leave any more hands..."

"Young Master, please rest assured. These small things must be handled properly!" The strong man quickly patted his chest and promised, "And tonight, the villain will take the reward you gave you to fly away. The little one is already a fatherless person, and he is alone, so he can't find anyone and have no troubles!"

After nodding slightly, Liu Xiuping took two steps forward, but suddenly stopped and sighed: "By the way, I forgot something."

"Huh?" The strong man was stunned. Just as he was about to ask what was going on, a severe torn pain suddenly came from his chest, which made his whole body shake suddenly and he looked at the young master in front of him in disbelief.

"I'll tell you, what I'm most afraid of is trouble." Liu Xiuping slowly retracted his palm and gently swung away the blood stains on it. He saw that the nails on it were thin, sharp and shiny with a strange light that was as terrifying as a monster!

"So, please die first."

Looking at the powerful man's powerless and gradually weakened body, Liu Xiuping took a step back to avoid blood stains on his body. His eyes also fell on his palms. There seemed to be a change between his skin. The dark lines were strange and weird, not like human hands, but as terrifying as an evil ghost crawling out of hell.

After staring for a moment, he gradually restrained his breath, and the change slowly disappeared and returned to the appearance of an ordinary person.

"The road to return... Haha, I can't turn back long ago..."

He looked up at the red afterglow that was still falling in the mountain stream, and chuckled like a self-deprecatingly.

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Time blinks again and three days pass.

Now the street market in Yuanyang City has become lively again compared to before.

It is precisely because of the temple fair mentioned earlier that it will begin in a few days.

This annual festival can be regarded as the most lively time in the city besides the Chinese New Year. People from other neighboring counties will often gather here, and there will be many new and interesting things on the street market, which is the most interesting for children.

Adults are no exception. Often, some strangers who rely on performing miscellaneous operas will join in the fun at this time, performing performances such as fire-breathing big rocks on their chests or other amazing performances, which is also good to have a good eye-catching experience.

What's more, it is said that there are big figures from the capital this year, and there may be competitions such as poetry, so it will be even more grand. Even those literati and talented people who are usually proud of their nobleness gathered here. After all, who is determined to be a career in the officialdom does not want them to perform well, be noticed by that big figure and soar to the sky?

Even if it doesn’t, it is excellent if you can show off by chance. Talented scholars often compete for a literary name!

Therefore, in order to make full preparations, the government took the lead and several wealthy business families in the city became busy. Whether they were paying money or working hard, they were always indispensable at this time.

However, there may be some small complaints in the past, but this time it is different. If you can leave a good impression on that big man, maybe it will be much easier to go on the business road.

However, in this festive atmosphere throughout the city, the only family is an exception, that is the Lu family.

It was heard that Lu Guiming, the second son of his family, was discovered yesterday, and the smartest and most promising prodigy, died in the wilderness. He seemed to have accidentally encountered a wild beast and was bitten and eaten. When he was discovered, he was already covered in blood and incomplete. He could only identify his identity by the jade pendant worn on the waist of the corpse.

When I heard about this, I wonder how many people sighed and regretted it, and the Lu family cried so much sadly.

After all, a prodigy who was only thirteen years old and was in the first place in Zhongxian County, would have a bright future. Perhaps he could enter the court to become a high-ranking official. At that time, he would support the Lu family, which is still a small family. Wouldn't he be able to ascend to heaven?

Not to mention anything else, this time the temple will have that big man coming down, and as a child prodigy, you may be received. If you say a few good words and be seen correctly, your future will naturally be broad.

Now with the death of this child, the Lu family, who had already improved a little and was slightly proud, were instantly beaten back to their original form, and they all felt as if they had lost their souls and were sad.

At night, when Liu Xiuping heard a young man beside him talk about this, he sighed softly, but the indifference in his eyes was full of pity and there was no trace of pity.

Today is another party for fun among the children of rich families. As a hot figure recently, he was naturally invited. However, the previous conflict was gone. I heard that after the previous misunderstanding, the trend of being slightly outdated about convenience has become a laughing stock among many people. In the past, those friends were even more unwilling to interact with him.

No, who made this guy so winkless? And it was Liu Xiuping who was provoking it? Wouldn’t he deliberately be unable to get along with the Liu family?

After Liu Xiuping accidentally learned about this, he did not express his opinion. He just chuckled, which made people unable to understand his attitude. He even felt that this person was very cunning and awe.

Just after a few people got on the pleasure boat, the maids who happened to have experienced the banquet a few days ago noticed Liu Xiuping, who was quite conspicuous among the crowd. One of the smart little maids immediately sued the others and turned around and ran to Miss Suyu's room.

"Miss, that Liu Xiuping, Mr. Liu finally came today!"
Chapter completed!