A pot of wine, a warm stove, and a piano.

Wrapped in the fiery red arms, sitting in the octagonal pavilion, Jiang Shili held the wine glass in his hand and frowned slightly.

Outside the pavilion, heavy snow was flying.

Dozens of horsemen walked in the snow quickly, and the chaotic sound of horse hooves and shouts followed one after another, like a stone thrown into the calm lake, completely breaking the quiet snow scene.

"Listen to the people inside, Heifeng Ridge beat grass, leaving behind property and women, get out for the old man immediately! If you dare to hesitate for a moment, don't blame the old man for being ruthless."

Before the people arrived, the sound of scolding from afar had already come from the wind.

"Young Master!"

Hearing this, the maid next to him suddenly changed her face, and a tremor faintly sounded in her voice.

Not far away, another pavilion with more than ten people gathered in chaos. With the continuous shouts, dozens of guards had gathered outside the pavilion, and the swords were unsheathed, waiting for the battle.

"The Third Young Master, it's Heifengling, what should I do?"

The young lady from the Jiang family wanted to enjoy the snow, so she left home and arrived at this remote Jingyuan Villa. She followed dozens of guards, and was naturally enough to deal with ordinary robbers, but facing the people in Heifeng Ridge, there was no enough to see them.

"What are you panic?" The young man who was in charge of calmness and scolded him, "It's just a loss of money and things are left to them. Some outlaws, what are our identities? There is no need to argue with them."

"I heard the name of Heifengling for a long time." After taking a deep breath, the guard leader stepped forward and clasped his fists, and spoke loudly, "Everyone, the young master of the Jiang family is here to enjoy the snow. My young master said that meeting is a fate. I am willing to present some small gifts to express my feelings and make a good relationship. When meeting you in the future, you will be friends."

"Bah, a boy who is still not dry, is worthy of making friends with our brothers? If we leave money and women behind, we are in a good mood and may even let him go. Otherwise, do you really think our knife will be jealous?"

Without any fear, the strong man from Heifengling laughed and started to cheer, as if the people from the Jiang family had already become the ones in their pockets.

While speaking, the sound of horse hooves stopped. The other party had already broken into the gate of Jingyuan Villa, and the sabre pointed directly at everyone.

"The third son of the Jiang family is here. Are you going to make a mortal enemy with my Jiang family?"

"Bah!" He spat suddenly, and the strong man in charge sneered, "What is the Jiang family? Not to mention robbing you of some property and playing with a few women, even if you kill all of you, no one dares to fart. Don't use your young master's trick to fool you. The man is a robber, so where are you afraid of him?"

"Young Master, what should we do?"

The pavilion over there was already full of guards, and Jiang Shili had no figure except the little maid next to him, as if he had been forgotten.

The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and Jiang Shili's eyes fell on the black scimitar at his hand, and he remained silent for a long time.

"Burn incense."

After a moment of silence, Jiang Shili suddenly spoke.

The little maid was already scared and at a loss, and she had no idea. Jiang Shili asked her to burn incense, and subconsciously lit the incense that had been prepared in the incense burner.

His eyes looked at the sky, and he seemed to have not noticed anything happening around him. Jiang Shili's eyes were filled with peace.

Plain hands to tune the piano.

Before breathing, the melodious sound of the piano sounded from the pavilion, like a clear spring flowing slowly in the hearts of the people.

Spring and snow!

A trace of remembrance appeared in his eyes, but in a flash, it turned into a faint sarcasm. Yang Chun Baixue, one of the top ten famous songs, couldn't play well at the time. Now, when it can really play, who can understand?

The sudden sound of the piano suddenly made everyone stagnate and involuntarily turned their eyes to Jiang Shili.

"It's time for a bastard, he still has the heart to play the piano, but he doesn't know what it means."

After glanced at Jiang Shili, a look of disgust appeared in Mr. Jiang's eyes and scolded viciously.

Jiang Shili is nominally the young master of the Jiang family, but in fact, he was adopted since childhood. Jiang Shili's adoptive father passed away ten years ago, and he has been even less concerned after all. Over the years, Jiang Shili has also been the only young master in the Jiang family who has never practiced. It is not too much to say that he has no power to tie a chicken.

Jiang Shili has never been incompatible with them, and even at this time, no one wants to protect him.

"What a courageous!"

He licked his lips, and the leader of Heifengling strongman praised him lightly, "This kid is good. He will fight later, save his life and play the piano for us."

"Kill me!"

He snorted coldly, waved the saber in his hand, and the robber behind him roared and slashed towards the guards of the Jiang family.

They are robbers, not young masters, and they don’t have the patience to talk and negotiate terms. On the contrary, the routine of slashing people with a knife is so familiar that they can’t be more familiar.

In a moment, the sound of fighting and screams gradually covered the elegant sound of the piano, but if you distinguish it carefully, you will find that from beginning to end, the sound of the piano was not in any disorder, as if it was completely unaffected by the outside world.

"Three Young Master, what should we do? We can't stop it!"

The strong men of Heifeng Ridge are all cruel people who lick blood from the knife. The sword force is very powerful and they cooperate with each other. It is not just a one-sided massacre.

"I'll go find Brother Shili!"

In the crowd, a pretty girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, gritted her teeth and ran towards Jiang Shili from the other side of the pavilion.

"Xiao Shi, what are you doing? Come back!" After stomping his feet, Mr. Jiang scolded repeatedly, "At this time, what's the use of finding that waste? Come back for me."

Jiang Shishi couldn't even run towards Jiang Shili's pavilion.

Waste? Brother Shili is not a waste.

He ran to Jiang Shili panting, and Jiang Shishi pouted and said, "Brother Shili, save us."

The sound of the piano was melodious, and Jiang Shili seemed to have not noticed Jiang Shishi's arrival at all, and his hands playing the piano did not stop at all.

"Brother Shili, I know that although you have never taken action, you are not the waste they said." Looking at Jiang Shili seriously, the little girl's mouth was pouting, her voice still seemed immature, but she said it very seriously.

"I know, you are not in harmony with them, but you are from the Jiang family after all... My father is above the heroic spirit. Do you really have the heart to watch us die?"

Not incompatible with them? Jiang Shili is simply incompatible with them, because Jiang Shili is not a person from this world.

The hands of playing the piano stopped slightly, and the sound of the piano came suddenly.

"How do you know that I must have the ability to save people? That's Heifengling, where even the guards are helpless." Looking at Jiang Shishi, Jiang Shili asked softly.

"I just know!" He raised his head and looked at Jiang Shili stubbornly. Jiang Shishi pointed at the knife beside Jiang Shili, "If you really can't use a knife, why have you been carrying it for so many years and never left you for a moment?"

When his eyes fell on the knife, Jiang Shili suddenly fell silent.

Yes, if it weren't for it, why would I dare to sit here and play the piano calmly? I shook my head slightly, but my thoughts couldn't help but return to the night ten years ago.

"Li'er, I don't know about your life experience, the only clue is this knife."

"The person who handed you over to me once said that this knife is ominous, but it is your life... When you pull it out one day, it is the time for you to leave."

"No one can pull this knife out except you! But I hope that you will never pull it out the day."

"Although you are not my biological child, I have no children and always treat you as my biological child."

"I have no resentment when I have life and death... If you really want to leave one day, please help the Jiang family for my sake."

With his fingers gently brushing over the scimitar, Jiang Shili felt a blood connection in his heart. Although he had never really pulled out the knife, he could clearly feel that the knife was closely linked to himself.

“Is it time to leave?”

He muttered softly, and his hand playing the piano finally fell on the hilt of the knife. At that moment, uneasiness and fear flashed through Jiang Shili's heart, but there was still an inexplicable calm.

It seems that there is a kind of power that is always calling on me, waiting for... the moment of drawing the sword.

"Zheng!"

The white hand held the hilt tightly, and with a slight force, a touch of black silently enveloped with a crisp sound. In almost a breath, a touch of invisible black air flowed into Jiang Shili's eyebrows along the blade.

pain!

In an instant, Jiang Shili felt like he fell into the hell of the infinite, and was subjected to indescribable burning and tearing from his body to his soul. Countless mixed thoughts poured into his mind, forcing Jiang Shili to passively absorb this information while enduring this pain.

"In my name, I will give you the power of the underworld, burn your soul, and open up the inheritance, are you willing?"

A simple sentence kept echoing in Jiang Shili's mind, and in this severe pain, every word was clearly imprinted into the mind, even deep in the soul.

This is not the first time Jiang Shili has tried to draw his sword, but the courage that has never been able to support this pain before, and he has not thought clearly about the meaning represented by this sentence. Once he really makes a choice, it is difficult to predict good and bad luck.

But this time, Jiang Shili had no chance to hesitate anymore.

Jiang Shili was not a person in this world, so naturally he could not have any strong sense of belonging to the Jiang family. As for the life and death of the third young master Jiang, they were not taken seriously. But Jiang Shishi was different.

The adoptive father had no son all his life, and only this only daughter was Jiang Shili's only relative in the Jiang family. He could sit idly by others, but he could not tolerate Xiao Shi being insulted by these horse thieves.

No matter what price you pay, no matter what path you are about to embark on.

"I do!"

After using all his strength, Jiang Shili roared loudly, but no sound came out, but continued to echo in his soul like an echo.

The moment he made a sound, Jiang Shili's soul immediately burned, and the trembling and pain that came from the soul could undoubtedly make people despair.

At this moment, Jiang Shili even had an illusion that his soul would be annihilated in the next moment!

This is the feeling of truly infinitely closeness to death.

I don’t know how long it has passed, maybe it’s just a moment, or it’s been a few days. When Jiang Shili’s consciousness recovered again, the burning pain of his soul had retreated like a tide, but in Jiang Shili’s soul, a light red mark was silently added.

"In my name, I will give you the mark of death!"

Awakened from the pain, Jiang Shili could not even judge how long it had passed, but his pale face and sweat-soaked clothes clearly told him that all this was not illusion.

The most important thing is the hand holding the knife!

At this moment, Jiang Shili could clearly feel that he and the knife in his hand seemed to have been integrated into one, and no longer distinguished from each other, it was as if it was part of his body.

From this moment on, the world seems to have begun to be different. Since you are destined to embark on this path after all, then let yourself truly open your eyes and take a good look at the world!
To be continued...