As night falls, the city of Huzhou gradually falls into tranquility.
Just after the second watch, there was a sudden strong wind in the sky, and the moon was soon covered by thick dark clouds.
In the streets near Yu Mansion, the doors and windows of many houses were blown by the strong wind, including Yu Zhongheng's study.
Cui'er heard the sound and went to close the window, and took a look at the sky outside. It was pitch black everywhere, and nothing could be seen except the dark outline of the courtyard wall...
The strong wind came one after another, causing the leaves of a large branch outside the wall to "squeak" non-stop. If you think about it for a moment, the sound is a bit eerie and scary.
After listening to it for a while, Cui'er felt a chill running down her spine. She quickly drew her neck and closed the window. She couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief the moment it was locked.
Turning around, Cui'er asked in a low voice: "Mr. Chai, will the person you mentioned really come tonight?"
Chai Yan leaned against the door and said uncertainly: "This is impossible to say! But no matter when he comes, as long as my wife and I are here, you will not be harmed at all!"
Yuan Yuan was resting her eyes with her eyes closed. When she heard that Chai Yan was taking advantage of her again, she immediately rolled her eyes, but it was just a white eye, and she couldn't do anything to him.
Cui'er nodded quickly and showed a reassuring expression. Then she walked to the aunt and straightened the bedding for the aunt.
The aunt was getting older, and spent a lot of time worrying about the murderer appearing during the day, so she couldn't bear to sleep on the floor at this point. However, she still held a cloth bundle in her arms under the quilt, which contained all the Yu family's belongings.
property.
Yu Zhongheng himself was writing furiously at his desk, and what he wrote was the general plot of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" that Chai Yan had talked about today.
As for the unheard parts, Chai Yan has promised Yu Zhongheng that he will add them to him when he has time.
"Pap tap tap..."
Suddenly there was the sound of raindrops on the roof outside.
The wind stopped and it started raining!
Chai Yan secretly asked Shangguan Peining: "How is it? Has that person made any movement?"
Shangguan Peining calmly replied: "Not yet."
"Shangguan Peining, how about we make a bet?" Chai Yan suddenly said this out of boredom.
Shangguan Peining was silent for a moment, having already analyzed Chai Yan's thoughts, and then said: "You said that person will come tonight? Are you betting a tonic bean with me?"
"That's right! Do you want to bet or not?" Chai Yan was laughing in his heart.
Shangguan Peining didn't respond immediately. After all, the God-Building Bean was the rarest fairy bean on the Tongtian Treasure Tree. He didn't know what Chai Yan was going to do, but he actually came up with the idea of a God-Building Bean.
After analyzing Chai Yan's thoughts again, Shangguan Peining couldn't help but shake his head secretly. Chai Yan really just made the bet out of boredom. He chose the God-Buling Bean as a bet simply because it was scarce and precious.
"Dream on you!"
It is impossible for Shangguan Peining to joke about his baby bump. Even if Chai Yan loses, he will just give himself a bunch of livestock blood. But if he loses, the God-Buling Bean only produces three to five pills a year.
.
It’s not worth it, it’s really not worth it!
Chai Yan smiled slightly and stopped mentioning the bet. Instead, he said: "This Yu Zhongheng is really lucky. If he hadn't been kidnapped by water pirates and delayed his return to the city, their whole family would have died at the hands of the murderer."
The sword fell, this is called a blessing in disguise!"
"Yes!" Shangguan Peining agreed.
Chai Yan laughed and said: "Ha, this is called a book without coincidence!"
Around midnight, the sound of wind and rain outside suddenly became much louder...
The dozing owl was awakened by the sound of rain. He raised his eyes and saw Chai Yan, who was leaning on the door panel and looking at the dark night in trance...
Yuan Yuan secretly yawned, walked gently to Chai Yan, and whispered: "Go and rest, I will guard you!"
Chai Yan smiled: "No, you can continue to sleep. Women must sleep more, otherwise they will grow old easily, hehe..."
Yuan Yuan smiled lightly, said nothing and did not go back to sleep. He just stood quietly by the door, looking at the dark night with Chai Yan and listening to the sound of heavy rain.
Cui'er yawned, and while she was grinding ink and changing paper for the young master, she peeked at Chai Yan and Yuan with envy.
After a moment, she said with admiration in a small voice: "Master, look at the two of them, they are so good..."
Yu Zhongheng was sorting out his manuscripts. Hearing Cui'er's words, he couldn't help but take a moment to glance at the door, then lowered his head and continued to sort out.
After about a stick of incense, the rain still did not weaken significantly.
Yuan Yuan asked in a low voice: "If the rain is so heavy, will the murderer come again?"
Chai Yan's eyes suddenly brightened and he said, "Madam, how about we make a bet? I bet the murderer will come before dawn!"
Yuan Yuan glanced at him warily and asked, "What are you betting on?"
"Bet..." Chai Yan pondered for a moment, then leaned forward and leaned on her shoulder, whispering: "If I'm right, you let me hold you and kiss her."
Yuan Yuan's ears immediately turned red, but then she calmly asked, "What if you didn't get it right?"
"Then I'll let you hug me and kiss me!" Chai Yan said, not wanting to suffer any loss.
"Get out!" Yuan glared and cursed.
Chai Yan felt bored and had no choice but to step back and lean against the door again, looking outside lazily.
As the rain decreased, Shangguan Peining's voice suddenly appeared: "There is movement!"
Chai Yan was stunned, his back instantly left the door panel, and he stood up straight.
Yuan Yuan was startled and immediately realized something was going on. He immediately grasped the hilt of the sword with his right hand: "What's wrong?"
Chai Yan raised his hand to signal Yuan to stop talking, but he asked in his heart: "Where are you?"
Shangguan Peining sensed it and said: "It's approaching us, and there is probably half a stick of incense left!"
Chai Yan immediately said to Yuan: "Be careful, the enemy will arrive after half a stick of incense!"
After saying that, Chai Yan stuffed a Martial God Bean into Yuan's hand.
When Yuan Yuan saw this, he immediately nodded and immediately became very energetic.
Then, Chai Yan turned around and shouted in the direction of the desk: "You two, hide with the aunt right away!"
Cui'er was shocked and quickly went to pull Yu Zhongheng up. Yu Zhongheng shouted urgently: "Wait, use a paperweight to hold it down, don't let the wind blow it away!"
Just when Yu Zhongheng and Cui'er were hiding next to the aunt, there was a sound of tiles banging on the roof outside.
As soon as the owl heard this, he said: "Here he comes, on the roof!"
"Don't worry, wait for him to come down!"
Chai Yan was reminded by Shangguan Peining, so he naturally knew the location of the murderer.
The two of them raised their heads and were alert for a while. Suddenly, a black shadow fell from the roof accompanied by the sound of wind.
After landing, the black shadow slowly stood upright. Looking through the light of the lantern on the corridor, it was the mysterious man wearing a bamboo hat!