The facts are even more straightforward than Chen Fengming's intuition. Wang Songbai, "a knife in Jinling", did not show up to the appointment on the morning of the first day of the twelfth lunar month.

The pavilion was really not suitable for the cold weather in the 29th century. Xia Chen waited patiently for half an hour, but finally couldn't hold back his anger. His cousin Xia Po had already jumped aside, so he had to send someone to check at Wang Songbai's mansion, and the rest went to the nearby teahouse to order tea to keep warm.

The weather was as gloomy as if it could pounce on a blizzard at any time, but it wasn't, it was just so depressing, but it was dry. Xia Chen was also unconscious of his irritability, ordered tea twice, and got up to relieve his skills.

"I'll go with you." Chen Fengming also stood up.

Xia Chen was a little unhappy, "Just just get rid of your hands, there is no need to follow every step!"

"Jun Chao..." Chen Fengming was a little surprised by his attack.

"I mean... I will be careful." Xia Chen knew that he had lost his composure and could only lower his eyes and whisper, "Brother Shen... don't have to be so focused."

When Chen Fengming saw him turn around, he hesitated for a while. He still got up and followed him, but he did not get too close. Thinking about it, even this young man probably realized something, and he was rarely impetuous.

It was quite lively near Zhenhuai Bridge. Even in this weather, I had to queue up for a few long time to get rid of my hands. This shows that the civilians in Jiankang Mansion were still quite leisurely. Chen Fengming waited at the handrail of the teahouse for a while, and suddenly his shoulder was slapped, and turned his head and saw Xia Po.

"Young Master Chen is really hard," Xia Po said, "Take care for my little cousin everywhere."

Chen Fengming looked upstairs, "Young Master Pei has come down. Is he going to get rid of his hands?"

"I've seen you haven't been back for a long time, I'm a little worried. By the way..." Xia Po said, looking around, "There are so many people... I'm just fine. I'm not as particular as Xiao Junchao. Big man... can't suffocate to death by peeing."

Chen Fengming laughed when he heard this. The two chatted casually for a few words. Turning back to the wall, Xia Chen lifted the curtains out. He seemed to be disgusted with the clean room outside. After he was relieved, he still frowned and uncomfortable. Chen Fengming smiled and said, "Okay, let's go upstairs to avoid him from watching."

The two walked upstairs and looked up to see Xia Chen going back into the building, but they didn't come up, so they walked back. Xia Po turned around and said, "I'll say Jun Chao is particular." He went downstairs again, and saw that he was scooping water behind to clean his hands.

After a while, Xia Chen probably knew how long he had been there, and half complained and half explained, "There are many people."

Before he finished speaking, a child followed behind him, but he had previously sent him to Wang Songbai's mansion to inquire about the situation.

"Young...Young owner," the child said with a whisper, and he was so angry that he was missing, "I found out outside Mr. Wang's mansion that he - he seemed - was missing too!"

"What do you say--" Xia Chen is sitting in the middle of his throat, and he is almost unable to vomit. The premonition that seems to be gloomy was finally crushed by a heavy punch. Everyone feels that his heart is being squeezed and wants to vomit.

"When did it disappear?" Chen Fengming asked calmly.

"Last night," said the child, "It was said that it was fine at night. The disciples watched him sleep inside and disappeared in the morning."

"I haven't seen you?"

"No one saw him out!"

"Why... whoever we want to meet will disappear?" Xia Po said on the side, "Could the leader of Dongshui really target us?"

"Brother Po thinks this matter has something to do with the Dongshui Alliance?" Xia Chen raised a bloody face and asked him. "Senior Lu, Senior Wang are all famous heroes in the martial arts world. How can the Dongshui Alliance be so easy, both of them disappeared overnight, and they can't even find a trace?"

"Then...why? Who else should target us besides Dongshui Alliance?" Xia Po was also a little panicked.

"I don't think so. If this is the case, he will really know our whereabouts." Chen Fengming thought for a while and ordered his three children: "Go out and find out if there is any movement in other martial arts families in Jiankang Mansion, besides Mr. Lu, Mr. Wang, there are any other martial arts families in Jiankang Mansion. Go quickly!"

The three of them were ordered to go. Chen Fengming looked back at Xia Chen's face. "Whether it is targeting us or not, Jun Chao, this time Dingxiao is more careful and should not be easily angry. You understand that you are alone and are in danger, do you understand?"

Xia Chen bit his lip, and could only nod, sat down dejectedly for a while, and suddenly jumped up, "I...my jade pendant..."

Everyone in the teahouse looked at him, but he saw his face gray and he reached out and pressed his waist. There was a clear jade hanging in that place, but at this moment, his clothes were neatly and empty, and nothing was left.

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"Well... it's a good jade." In a mansion across the water from Zhenhuai Bridge, a jade pendant was being held up into the air by a young and dry hand. The gloomy sky light did not penetrate the most perfect light. The jade texture can only be seen roughly, but he still summed it up and called it "a good jade."

At least the tentacles are warm and without any astringency. It shows that the owner cherishes and caresses them all the time.

Another person stood in a darker darker than the sky, his face and figure were almost invisible in the shadows. If he didn't make a sound, he would probably forget his existence. "Does the leader have any other instructions?" Although he knew that he was the only listener, he did not take up the topic of the jade pendant, and his tone was quiet and low, not like asking for instructions, but seemed to be anxious to say goodbye.

The man he called the "leader" suddenly turned around in the sky light, and his face suddenly lost its light, but he could still tell that it was an overly large actor mask - it was terrifying because it turned too big and suddenly. The mask was lined with black and white - to be precise, it was a black line on the white background, outlining a ghostly pale, motionless, and exaggerated face.

The person in the shadow seemed to have been used to it for a long time and did not react at all. Instead, he "knocked" the jade shattered clearly, which made him move his eyes a little. "It's not this jade at all!" The person behind the mask didn't know how he had expressions, but he was indeed, after praising this good jade, he suddenly knocked one to the ground.

"No?" The man's voice in the shadow was cold, and although he had no mask on his face, he had no expression. He leaned over and picked up the broken jade that had been swept in front of him. It could not be called broken jade. Perhaps because of his good luck, the jade pendant broke into two pieces of almost the same size from the middle. "You said the jade was on him, and I took it from him."

The person in front of him took a few breaths and packed up his disobedience. His eyes behind the mask were staring at the person in the shadows, thinking about the traces in his words.

"I should have expected it to be - this matter cannot be so smooth." He let out a long sigh and suddenly sneered, "But I asked you to take more than one piece of jade?"

The person in the shadow did not move or speak.

The voice of the mask raised again, "Did you still take less of something?"

The person in the shadow still didn't say a word.

"Why not take it?" The masked man was aggressive, "Did you know that this piece of jade was not what I wanted, or... do you sympathize with him?"

The talent in the shadow spoke, "The leader looked up to him. "Feng Ming" and "Half of a Glass of Wine" are inseparable from him. It is a lucky thing that I can get this piece of jade."

"For you, taking a life is easier than taking a jade pendant?" The voice behind the mask became cold, "'Jinling First Sword', 'Qingxi Saint Hand', 'Shopkeeper Dong', you don't take any of them seriously. Why are you... merciless in your hands?"

The person in the shadow wanted to defend himself, but saw him picking up something from the table. His body suddenly stagnated for a moment, and his words were pressed into his throat.

The man behind the mask slowly opened the paper he picked up and read it in the dark sky light: "'Come back quickly, don't go into danger' - is this what you want to leave for him?" He raised his head and let out a strange laugh, "Thirty, do you say- are you my person or his Xiajiazhuang?"

The shadow guest, who he called "Thirty", was speechless and could only stand like this and could not say a word.

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At Zhenhuaiqiao Teahouse, everyone's expressions changed slightly. "Did you just get rid of your hands and accidentally fall off?" Xia Qin asked.

Xia Chen shook his head, "Just... I came out and sorted it out, but it was still there..." He pressed his head with one hand, his face full of annoyance and anxiety.

"I went downstairs to look for it, maybe I accidentally fell into the back hall." Shen Fengming said. Xia Chen came out of the clean room. He did see the jade pendant hanging in front of his clothes. But later he and Xia Po went upstairs first and looked down from the building. He didn't see clearly, nor did he pay attention to whether the jade pendant was still on his body when he went to get water and wash his hands. When he went upstairs, news of Wang Songbai's disappearance came. Xia Chen sat down, and no one thought of his hanging jade again.

Fang Zi walked to the escalator, and Xia Chen suddenly said, "Brother Shen!"

Shen Fengming turned around and saw Xia Chen slowly and tremblingly pulling out a letter from his collar.

"No need to find..."

Shen Fengming understood in a moment: There is no need to look for it anymore. Xia Chen naturally never brought this letter when he went out. He must have also understood that the jade pendant was not falling, but was taken away. The person who took his jade pendant even Yu Yu stuffed a letter into his clothes. If he hadn't subconsciously looked for the jade pendant on his body, he would probably still have no idea.

He walked back in three or two steps, "Give it to me, I'll see you."

"I...I will do it myself."

Xia Chen did not tolerate anyone to object, and used the most evil speculation and the greatest care to tear open the letter and spread the letter paper. However, the letter seemed to have no special mechanism, and there was no word on it, except that a small Dongshui League flag symbol was burned in golden color in the corner, emitting a silent ridicule.

"...Dongshui Alliance." Xia Qin first made a voice, "Is Dongshui Alliance here to demonstrate? It means..."

"It means that we can send a letter here, and if we wanted to do it, Brother Chen would have long..." Xia Po suddenly stopped talking.

Shen Fengming didn't say anything. He asked himself that he would take and let go of Xia Chen in this way, but Xia Chen was not alone - he was mostly under the eyes of everyone, and today it was just a short moment that left his own eyes. Someone could find an opportunity in such a flash. Patience, eyesight, and methods were absolutely unusual, and he would undoubtedly be a fellow master.

He looked at Xia Po. The short moment of misfortune was because Xia Po held him to chat for a while. He was Xia Chen's cousin, and he thought he didn't mean it, but who could be sure that Xia Po had no problem - the cousins ​​who had been separated from his grandfather's generation may not be so close.

Cold sweat still flowed from the back. Dongshui Alliance was doing this so he could really take Xia Chen's life; did Lu Shou and Wang Songbai, who disappeared last night, also received some kind of demonstration and warning to retreat, and even - they did not have Xia Chen's good luck, and were wiped away without traces of some negligence?

He always felt that something familiar should be here, but a trace of spiritual thought was like a flash of light, fleeting. When he thought about it carefully, he lost his trace again.

Xia Chen calmed down from his initial fear, sat at the table, holding the empty letter in his hand, staring at the dazzling shape of the Dongshui League flag.

"It's so good..." He suddenly gritted his teeth, "I'm still worried about where to go to find my jade pendant. Since Dongshui Alliance has recognized it..."

"Young owner, now I have lost my jade pendant..." Wan Xiyang was unconscious of his fearlessness and dissuaded him unconsciously. "It seems that the other party's subordinates have a capable man, so they should follow the long-term plan..."

"What a small matter if I lose my jade pendant!" Xia Chen held the letter tightly, "If you want to threaten me, it would be enough to just put this letter, but you still took my jade pendant away - that would be humiliating me! If I don't go and ask for it, how can I explain to my father and Lord Junli to my father!"

When Shen Fengming heard him mention Jun Li, he couldn't help but say, "Jun Li?"

Xia Chen looked at him: "This jade pendant was given by Lord Jun Li. I left my father with me and exchanged it with him before he left. I regarded him as the family's weight, and I always wear it and never leave my body. Now that I am in Jiankang, I was taken away by the Dongshui Alliance. Brother Shen said, if it were you, would you definitely get it back? You can't be afraid, so I will go back in shame to wait for my father. When Lord Jun Li finds out, wait for them to come and let me breathe this?"

Wan Xiyang and others knew the story, but Xia Qin and his son were very surprised, "What do you mean is this piece of jade given by Xia Yan? Did you give the jade pendant handed down from Xiajiazhuang to the Black Bamboo Club?"

Xia Chen had known that these uncles and brothers were very disdainful of Xia Yan, so he was not surprised to hear this. He just held the letter paper himself, and the paper had been wrinkled into a pile. "What's wrong?" He gritted his teeth and asked, even forgot about his elders and young people.

Xia Qin is still waiting to say something, Shen Fengming said: "Senior Xia, don't worry, don't forget that the leader of Tuoba should have arrived in Jiankang in the past two days. With his arm help, I think the leader of the Dongshui Alliance must be a little afraid. It is not impossible for us to get the jade back. Jun Chao is also a little restless. For the sake of the present, we will find a place to settle down first, and do not separate. After seeing the leader of Tuoba, we will discuss those. No matter whether the jade pendant is Jun Li or Jun Chao's, in short, it is always right to take it back. Isn't it just to come to Jiankang this time just to earn face?"

What he said was reasonable, Xia Qin had no choice but to do so.

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Xia Yan's marriage proposal team has been gone for most of the day.
Chapter completed!