Back in his villa, Ning Xiaochuan sat on the bed, holding the dagger he bought from Wu Zizhui in his hand, looking at it carefully.

He stared at the flowing cloud pattern intently. This pattern could be said to have existed in his mind for a full ten years.

Opening the box at hand, there was a piece of plain rice paper inside, which was also painted with flowing cloud patterns. Ning Xiaochuan compared the two patterns and found that they were exactly the same.

"Ten years have passed, but the truth has finally been revealed." Ning Xiaochuan said to himself.

The scene that happened at Shuozhou Station when they returned to Beijing from Xiangzhou ten years ago resurfaced in his mind.

In order to save their mother and son, Ning Xiaochuan's wet nurse and her son pretended to be Ning Xiaochuan's mother and son and lured the men in black away. Because of this, Ning Xiaochuan was spared.

That day when Ning Xiaochuan was hiding in a wooden trough and saw a man falling straight in front of him, the scene he would never forget.

The dagger that killed the innocent man happened to have the same flowing cloud pattern as the dagger in his hand at the moment.

Although after the assassination, the group of men in black did not leave any clues and the dagger was taken away, the young Ning Xiaochuan still drew the flowing cloud pattern based on his memory.

After the incident happened, Shuozhou Mu spent a lot of money to investigate the assassination, but there was no result. Later, there was no way to do it, so it was left alone.

Over the years, Ning Xiaochuan has never forgotten that assassination, because he lost his best playmate and wet nurse in that assassination.

Waking up from his memories, Ning Xiaochuan picked up a pen and ink and wrote the word "Shan Mansion" on the paper. Since the dagger was found in the ruins of Shan Mansion, it must have something to do with Shan Mansion.

Ning Xiaochuan pondered for a moment. On one side, the great Duke of Fengyi, who together with Ning Zhi were known as the "Dafeng Heroes", personally conquered the Southern Barbarians, and for twenty years they fought so hard that the Southern Barbarians did not dare to advance northward.

However, just such a legendary general was involved in the famous "Taijia Army Registration" due to his lack of security at the end of the year.

When the evidence was solid and he was unable to defend himself, he was executed. More than 100 members of his family were not spared. In the end, the mansion was burned to the ground in a fire.

It is said that women and children can be heard crying every night from the ruins of the mansion, so even in the past three years, no one has dared to clean up the ruins.

But thinking about it carefully, Wu Zizhui was really brave, "If the dagger was really found in Shan Mansion, then what happened three years ago would not be that simple."

Ning Xiaochuan sighed softly and thought no more. He will find out by going to the ruins of Shan Mansion tomorrow. Since his father is silent about the affairs of Shan Mansion, he has to investigate by himself. He must investigate what happened ten years ago.

Come out with the truth.

…

The next morning, Ning Xiaochuan got up early, but Su Su was still not used to it, so she ate a few hasty bites and then went out.

This time, Ning Xiaochuan did not call his friends, but came to the ruins of Shanfu alone.

It can be said that it is a ruin, but it is really a ruin. The once magnificent Shan Mansion has turned into ruins. The main entrance has been burned down, and the place is in a mess and devastated.

Ning Xiaochuan looked around, and after making sure that no one had discovered him, he quickly walked in. Although three years had passed, there was still a burnt smell in the air.

"Where did Wu Sanbei find the dagger?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Ning Xiaochuan couldn't help but have a headache.

"Ahem."

A cough made Ning Xiaochuan's hair stand on end, "Who?!"

Soon the sound of coughing came again. Is there anyone still living in this ruins?

After walking for a while following the coughing sound, I found the owner of the coughing sound in a corner of a collapsed room. I saw an old man wearing rags leaning against the wall and coughing under a torn quilt.

The old man was shocked when he saw Ning Xiaochuan, and then said nervously, "Please, don't drive me away. We will leave on our own when my daughter comes back."

Ning Xiaochuan looked at the old man, his wrinkled face was full of vicissitudes of life. It could be heard from these words that the old man must have suffered a lot of grievances.

"It's okay if I don't chase you away. Tell me, how long have you been here?"

When the old man heard Ning Xiaochuan's words, he breathed a sigh of relief and said while coughing, "Old man, I came from outside the city to see a doctor in the city. My family is poor and can't afford to stay in an inn, so I stayed here for one night."

Ning Xiaochuan frowned slightly, "Okay, this is not my young master's yard. You can stay here as long as you want."

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, when a little girl ran over with a large bag of medicine.

The little girl had dirty hair, ragged clothes, but big eyes. She ran to the old man in a panic, picked him up and started to leave, "Dad, let's go quickly."

Ning Xiaochuan didn't pay much attention, turned around and continued walking around in the ruins. However, the place was in a mess, and finding useful clues was harder than climbing to the sky.

After searching for a long time, no useful clues were found. Just when Ning Xiaochuan walked out of Shan's house and was about to leave, the old man appeared in front of Ning Xiaochuan again.

…

At the entrance to the ruins of Shan Mansion, a group of beggars surrounded the old man and the girl. Ning Xiaochuan walked past the crowd calmly, as if the matter was none of his business.

Suddenly, the little girl rushed up and knelt in front of Ning Xiaochuan, "Master, Master, please save me and my dad. Please, Master."

As she spoke, the little girl kept knocking her head to the ground, one after another, and the old man on crutches beside her burst into tears.

"Min'er..."

The beggars around him didn't dare to act rashly when they saw this scene in front of them, and just stared at Ning Xiaochuan.

Ning Xiaochuan sneered and looked at the group of beggars, "Do you know who I am?"

Soon, a beggar said, "You are the fifth young master of the Ning family..."

Ning Xiaochuan nodded, then half-knelt on the ground, looking at the little girl's pear-shaped face, and smiled evilly, "Then tell her who I am."

"Yin Du... Yin Du is No. 1... No. 1..." Those beggars didn't dare to say it for a long time.

Ning Xiaochuan continued what they said, "The number one dude."

The girl was stunned for a moment, and Ning Xiaochuan continued, "Do you still want me to save you now?"

Having said that, Ning Xiaochuan was about to get up, but at this moment, a carriage drove slowly and stopped just in front of Ning Xiaochuan. The beggar behind him quickly left after seeing this, leaving only Ning Xiaochuan and the father and daughter in the middle of the road.

Two people.

"Fifth Young Master Ning?" Wu Zizhui ran down from the carriage with a smile and came to Ning Xiaochuan.

"Hey, why are you here in the west of the city?"

After saying that, he looked at the girl who was kneeling down and her eyes were red with tears. Wu Zizhui understood instantly, "Are you... hmm?"

Ning Xiaochuan rolled his eyes and said, "Fuck you, can I like this kind of thing? You underestimate me too much."

"Then why are you here?" Wu Zizhui asked puzzledly.

"It's okay, just take a walk. You can go about your business. It's time for me to leave." Ning Xiaochuan smiled.

Wu Zizhui cupped her hands and said, "Okay, then I'll leave first."

Not long after Wu Zizhui got in the car, Ning Xiaochuan grabbed the girl's hand, which made the girl tremble and said, "Let's go back home with this young master."

"Master, Master, I..." the girl said in a panic.

"What am I, don't talk nonsense, otherwise don't blame me for being rude." After saying that, he pulled the girl away.

"Young Master, please let me go. My little girl is young and ignorant. She just offended the Young Master. Please don't be the same as her."

The old man knelt down and cried. This cry made him burst into tears and he kept coughing.

"Dad..." When the girl saw this, she kept crying.

Ning Xiaochuan snatched the medicine from the girl's hand and threw it to the old man. At the same time, he also threw the broken silver in his waist, "I bought your daughter."

"Master, Master, please, I only have such a daughter..." The old man continued to cry.

Ning Xiaochuan shouted impatiently, "Wu Sanbei, please help me."

Wu Zizhui looked at Ning Xiaochuan with a wicked smile, "Hey, no problem."

After saying that, he waved his hands and the few servants around him took the girl away directly, leaving the old man kneeling on the ground and crying non-stop, lamenting the unfair fate.

On the way back to Ning Mansion, the people along the way watched Ning Xiaochuan snatch a girl away to Ning Mansion. They all shook their heads and sighed. All they could do was helpless. Who called him Ning Xiaochuan?

When they arrived at the gate of Ning Mansion, Wu Zizhui's men handed over their hands and left. The servants of Ning Mansion looked at their fifth young master and the girl behind him, and reluctantly said, "Young Master."

Ning Xiaochuan waved his hand, pointed at one of the servants and said, "Send it to my yard."

"yes!"

At the same time, he called another servant and whispered something into his ear. The servant looked at Ning Xiaochuan in disbelief, and then nodded, "Don't worry, young master, I will never tell anyone."

After saying that, he stood up and left.

Just like that, amid a burst of sobs, the little girl was sent to Ning Xiaochuan's yard.

The little girl sat on the ground, curled up in a corner, her body shaking and crying. At this time, she was worried not only about her fate, but also about her elderly father.

…

Not long after Ning Xiaochuan left, Wu Zizhui sat quietly in the carriage, his eyes gloomy and his face so cold that it made people shudder. He was completely different from his enthusiastic expression just now.

"As you can see, he is just a domineering dandy."

At this time, there was not only Wu Zizhui sitting in Wu Zizhui's carriage, but also an old man with white hair.

The old man opened his eyes slightly and said, "Dandy? Yes, it does seem so, but will a dandy come to the sparsely populated west of the city? Will he come to Shan Mansion, which has been turned into ruins?"

"Humph, I gave him a golden dagger yesterday. He must be a money-mad man and wants to try his luck here." Wu Zizhui said calmly.

The old man shook his head and said, "I gave you more than three hundred taels of silver without even discussing it. How could you be a money addict?"

"Is there something wrong with the dagger?" Wu Zizhui suddenly realized and looked at the old man.

The old man shook his head, "I'm not sure whether Ning Xiaochuan really understands that dagger. If so, then I won't be able to keep him."

After saying that, the old man slowly stroked his beard, and Wu Zizhui looked at the old man puzzled.

"Master, what's wrong with that dagger? What's your purpose in letting me get close to that dude?"

"You will know in the future, but you can't know now." After saying this, the old man closed his eyes to rest and said nothing more, leaving Wu Zizhui with a confused look on his face.


Chapter completed!