"Anyway, if you spread the news, someone will definitely see it. My boss will know that I am still alive." Tao Mu realized that he had said too much and began to keep his mouth shut.
"Okay, I will help you send the message." Old man Wang was not afraid of Tao Mu's scheming.
He was confident that he could tell what kind of information Tao Mu was trying to convey.
There are still three days before the New Year. Shi, who went to Cao State to inquire about Tao Mu, will return to Juyang City.
"Tao Mu is still alive. The person who spread the news should be someone from Cao Guotang of the Intelligence Department." General Shi had stayed in Lu Guotang and knew the methods used by the Intelligence Department to deliver news.
"As long as you are alive, are there any clues?" Ding Kui was most worried about Cao Guoren.
"There is indeed a great archer in Luoye City. I'm not familiar with his aura. He shouldn't be the one who came out to hunt me down in Shengchang City." General Shi had arranged for a great archer to appear in Luoye City.
"Then stop running around and stay with the young master to prevent Cao people from assassinating him." Old Qiantou ordered General Shi.
"I just have to be careful. It's not easy for the master of archery to sneak attack me. I won't be afraid of him with Brother Yu here." Ding Kui was confident.
No matter how powerful the archery master is, he still has to use his mental power to lock the target. With Ding Kui's mental power, he is not afraid of being ambushed by people below level six. Unless he shoots an arrow blindly, he will have enough time to defend himself.
When the year 4877 came, almost all official business came to a halt, and the two docks of Juyang City became deserted. Those who should go home for the New Year had already gone back, and those who stayed in the city did not need to take a boat.
There is no garrison to monitor the exit of the pier, and the guard at the gate has disappeared. The first day of the new year can be said to be the most lax day in the entire continent.
A fishing boat quietly docked at the pier. No official responsible for collecting taxes came out to drive it away. No one even noticed that there was an extra boat on the pier.
A man stepped out of the boat. He had a gray head, a pair of eagle eyes that captured the soul, and his ten fingers were long and strong. Each finger was covered with calluses. An experienced person could tell at a glance that this man was very skilled.
"Huh, being prepared doesn't save me any trouble." This man who didn't look like a fisherman said to himself.
The courtyard of the Ding family is quite lively, especially among the unmarried young men and women. Ding Kui doesn't know what the cramp is. As long as he says auspicious words to him, he will give people red envelopes, and there will always be a gold coin hidden in the red envelope.
Ding Fen has been following Ding Kui since morning, saying auspicious words.
"This red envelope is for unmarried people to get good luck. Those who are old enough can have a prosperous wedding this year, and those who are not old enough can have everything go well for the whole year. I will give one to each person. Why do you always follow me?" Ding
Kui explained to Xiaohua again.
"Can't I just ask for some lucky money? I can play you a piece of music and wish you a lot of money this year!" Ding Fen persisted in saying auspicious words.
"If everyone was like you, I wouldn't be able to be clean this year, and I wouldn't be able to give you as much money as I have. Oh, I'm afraid of you, so I'll give you the last one!" Ding Kui slapped a red envelope into Ding Fen's hand.
, "No, if you still want it, just wait until next year. Don't bother me, otherwise I won't give it to you next year."
"Thank you, sir! I'll go find the master." Ding Fen saw that Ding Kui couldn't squeeze out any profit, so he immediately changed his target.
"Yes, go find your master, go quickly!" Before Ding Kui finished speaking, several more people gathered around him.
"Captain Ding, I wish you a big fat baby this year." It was Bai Qian who expressed the wishes of all the elderly members of the Ding family.
"Brother, I wish you will make further progress and be promoted to a noble title this year." This very realistic blessing came from Liang Chong.
"I wish the captain good health." Just such a sentence could make Li Hao's face turn red.
"I wish you unparalleled good fortune and the spirit of a dragon and a horse." This is Shui Xing'er who was pestered by General Shi and was looking for a place to hide.
"How did you two get together? Didn't Xing'er go out for a walk with them?" Ding Kui was quite surprised.
"You are not kind. How come you only ask Miss Shui but don't care about us? Forget it if you don't ask me. At least take Bai Qian with you." Liang Chong teased Ding Kui.
"Back to the master, Xing'er met these adults at the door and wanted to go with them to seek a fortune from you." Shui Xing'er hid her face and smiled.
"You guys are quite well-informed." Ding Kui gave everyone a red envelope.
"The captain's custom is really special. People always give away supplies such as food and lamp oil, but you give money directly." Li Hao looked at the red envelope in his hand with great curiosity.
"Captain D is the richest man. He will give away gold coins angrily if he disagrees. Where can I find such a good captain in the future?" Bai Qian is the person who is best at learning Ding Kui's words.
"Don't bother looking for a captain. Your Bai family is not short of those few gold coins. You should be more careful and find a good man." Ding Kui winked at Bai Qian and nuzzled in Liang Chong's direction.
"Hahaha, I don't mind, but Miss Bai Qian looks down on me, don't let Miss Shui misunderstand me." Liang Chong was thick-skinned and had become immune to such jokes after being in the army for so long.
"Hmph, the fox's tail is exposed, right? I'm here to listen to Xing'er playing the piano. Doesn't Counselor Liang's purpose be pure?" Bai Qian's counterattack was very sharp.
"Haha, why did you bring the topic to me? Myolie couldn't ask for more piano lessons from Sister Bai." Shui Myolie hugged Bai Qian's arm.
Bai Qian often visited the Ding family courtyard. She had known Shui Xing'er for a long time and was amazed by her piano skills.
"You guys go to the side hall and sit down for a while. Myolie will show off her skills today." Ding Kui had to meet other people, so he had to send them to the side hall.
The core figures of Ding's Ship Repair Shop, Chilled Food Store, and Huaxia Carriage and Horse Racing Company are qualified to meet Ding Kui, and he must receive them one by one.
After meeting his family, Ding Kui asked Ao Yu and Ding Fen to go to the orphanage with him. Ding Cai, who had gone shopping in the morning, ran home at some unknown time and tied up a carriage and waited for Ding Kui at the door.
"How did you know I was going out?" Ding Kui remembered that he had never told Ding Cai.
"If you want a red envelope, why don't you get Miss Ao and those children from the orphanage? I knew you were going there, so I prepared a car for you." Ding Cai was proud of having guessed Ding Kui's itinerary.
"We happen to be short of a coachman. If you are smart, get on the coach." Ding Kui was used to having a flatterer like Ding Cai around him.
Ding Kui, Ao Yu and Ding Fen got into the carriage, and Ding Cai drove the carriage to the welfare home.
Ding Family Villa is not too far from the orphanage. It means you need to cross four streets and turn three intersections. According to Ding Kui's calculation, it is less than three stops away.
When they turned the first corner, Ding Kui and Ao Yu looked at each other.
"Xiaohua." Ding Kui shouted calmly.
"Huh?" Ding Fen vaguely felt something was wrong.
"You go back to Grandpa Qian and ask for a thousand gold coins in cash. I don't have enough with me."
"Ah! Can't we go back together?" Ding Fen didn't want to leave.
"Be obedient and go quickly!" Ding Kui's tone became stern.
Ding Fen did not dare to disobey Ding Kui's instructions and walked out of the carriage with a reluctant expression. She jumped out of the carriage without letting Ding Cai stop.
Ao Yu waited for Ding Fen to leave and asked quietly: "Will he take action?"
"He didn't notice you, did he?" There was an additional armor on Ding Kui's hand, which was the black magic armor hidden in the space ring.
"Although my strength is good, I'm still not close to detecting my dragon soul."
"Didn't the book teach you how to be more humble?" Ding Kui said as he put Yue Shang at his feet.
"Is that necessary? My peerless talent cannot be hidden in front of humans." Ao Yu moved his chin forward as much as possible.
"I guess he set a trap in front. If he hadn't made sure that I was on the carriage just now, he wouldn't have revealed his murderous intent. Now it's just hard to make sure if there are others." Ding took off his coat and underwear, and pulled off the black magic armor.
The breastplate is worn on the chest.
"There is no one else at the moment. Just take care of yourself. If my cousin comes over, he can keep that person behind." Ao Yu suppressed his fighting spirit, fearing that he would scare away the person who was ambushing nearby.
Ding Cai, who was driving the carriage at the front, did not notice any movement in the carriage. He only knew that Ding Fen went home to get money, so the carriage did not go very fast and kept driving smoothly on the street.
After turning the second street corner, another oncoming carriage suddenly broke free. The horses seemed to be frightened and rushed up, directly towards Ding Kui's carriage.
Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Ding Cai jumped up and jumped in front of the frightened horse. He stretched out his hand to pull the reins around the horse's mouth.
A slight "click" sound was heard.
Two animal traps clamped the front hooves of the two horses in the Ding family's carriage. The two horses stood upright in pain, and the carriage suddenly stopped.
Ding Kui and Ao Yu took advantage of the inertia and rushed out of the carriage. Ao Yu immediately got out of the car and forcibly held down the two horses.
Whoosh, whoosh, six light spots suddenly appeared at this moment.
Five light points flew towards Ao Yu's limbs and head, and the remaining one light point flew towards Ding Kui's chest.
Ding Cai dragged out the horse on the opposite side with both hands. He looked at the light spot in horror and yelled: "There is an assassin!"
Ao Yu smiled contemptuously, and instead rushed towards the light spot. When blasting out with both fists, he shot out a mini green dragon.
Ding Kui held a long red sword in his backhand, and a suit of fighting spirit armor rose up. What was different was that the chest part was darker in color.
Bang bang, Ao Yu's fists were like dense raindrops, defeating four light points at an incredible speed. The light points flying towards his head were intercepted by Qinglong. He did not turn around to save Ding Kui, but moved toward the light.
Run in the direction of the flying point.
clang.
Ding Kui's long sword flew out of his hand.
The slightly redirected light spot hit his chest.
"Wow!" Ding Kui shouted and was knocked into the car.
The Ding family's carriage and two horses were hit by Ding Kui and fell over and slid more than ten meters.
More than a hundred meters away, a figure flew onto the roof, and then ran quickly to the east. The figure held a long bow in its hand.
The person who planned the sneak attack probably didn't expect that Ao Yu would completely ignore Ding Kui and come to trouble him immediately, so he didn't care about hiding his figure and chose the fastest way to escape. There were no obstacles on the roof to use his extreme speed.
Seeing the gray hair of the man in front of him clearly, Ao Yu shouted: "Don't leave, old thief! Those who only know how to sneak attack are scum!"
He raised his hand, and the mini green dragon flew into the assassin's back.