Hua Chaodu had summed up an important rule in his previous life.

That is, more than half of the people standing in front of him wanted to kill him.

He now skillfully and quickly recalled in his mind who he had offended recently.

From Huanxi Pavilion?

Some time ago, Huanxi Pavilion sent a few women to try to enter the palace, but he discovered the conspiracy, killed those women on the spot, and sent the bodies back to Huanxi Pavilion.

No, there would be no old people in Huanxi Pavilion. Is that the Chanyi Sect?

Yesterday, the Chanyi Sect wanted to poison him because he had revealed their conspiracy to murder the leader of the martial arts world half a year ago, and then was discovered by his men and thrown into the dungeon.

Not very likely.

Before leaving this morning, I heard that the Five Poison Sect in Miaojiang has been making a lot of trouble recently. It seems that the faction that is not close to the imperial court has finally come to power. Could it be that the Five Poison Sect has finally learned to act earlier this time?

Hua Chaodu thought about it but couldn't think of any suitable sect. The dozen or so sect names that just popped up in his mind are only a small part of what he has experienced.

As the governor of Dongchang, he seems to be in a glorious position in the eyes of outsiders, but Hua Chaodu knows that every morning when he wakes up, it may be the last day of his life.

A long time ago, Hua Chaodu was used to being disliked by everyone.

He didn't think there was anything strange about this, because since he stood in this position, he should have this awareness.

Even though Hua Chaodu is a terrifyingly honest and diligent person in private, and even though everything he has done over the years has been for the court, he has blocked the way for too many people, so naturally someone would want to remove this stone.

So, what sect does this person in front of him belong to?

Hua Chaodu's eyes quickly turned cold.

While maintaining an extremely gentle appearance, he gently raised his fingers hidden in his sleeves, with a silver needle pinched at his fingertips.

An old man who doesn't seem to have any martial arts skills, if he is really from a certain sect, then he must not be his opponent.

It only takes less than a second to kill him...

A faint murderous aura began to spread in the room.

"Huh?" Li Qi, who was cleaning downstairs, suddenly stopped.

There is murderous aura.

He looked upstairs, the place where Hua Chaodu had just entered.

Did Hua Chaodu finally hold back and want to take action? Although it is not clear why he would take action at this time, it always feels a little too hasty.

But if he really wanted to kill someone in the inn...

Li Qi also slowly took out his knife.

At this moment, Chu Changzui, who looked harmless, also looked upstairs.

Is Hua Chaodu going to kill someone at this time?

How could it be? It doesn't make sense.

Chu Changzui was puzzled, and finally only thought of one reason.

——As expected of the cold-blooded and ruthless Dongchang Supervisor, he really turned his face and didn't recognize anyone.

Since he was going to fight inside the inn, as a member of the inn, he naturally had to fight as well. Although his strength now seemed to be not as strong as when he was an adult, his internal strength had not declined.

The inn was now like a barrel of dynamite that was about to explode, with only the last spark missing.

However.

The old man standing in front of Hua Chaodu suddenly said in an old and trembling voice:

"You look exactly like the legend. I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to meet you once in this life... This, this is really a great blessing for me."

"...Huh?" Hua Chaodu was stunned.

Blessing, blessing?

Hua Chaodu actually thought he had heard it wrong.

...Because he didn't understand it at all.

What blessing? Is it the blessing of being able to see him with my own eyes and then kill him with my own hands?

Hua Chaodu saw the old man wipe his tears.

In the old man's eyes, there was no hatred that Hua Chaodu had long been accustomed to.

"Who are you going to attack today?" The old man put down the sanxian in his hand tremblingly, thought for a while and said, "Oh, I understand, you should attack the Zhao family in the east of the city."

After he finished speaking, he sighed, "Their family is really too bad, always oppressing the people around them. I thought I would never see anyone deal with them in my lifetime, but I didn't expect you to come. This is their sin, and finally let God see it!"

Who? The Zhao family?

Hua Chaodu began to search frantically in his mind.

Among his recent enemies, is there anyone with the surname Zhao?

If the old man in front of him had taken out a knife right away, Hua Chaodu would have felt relieved, because this was the normal script and he had long been accustomed to this process.

However, at this moment, Hua Chaodu suddenly realized that the old man opposite him might be an extraordinary person, because every word he said made him confused. He could not understand a single word the old man said, as if he was listening to a book of heaven.

Hua Chaodu frowned and planned to leave directly. He suddenly felt that this old man might just be a lunatic.

However, at this moment, a bronze mirror opposite suddenly reflected Hua Chaodu's current appearance.

In an instant, a thought suddenly hit Hua Chaodu.

He suddenly realized something.

...

This thought came so suddenly, like a flash of lightning.

Hua Chaodu himself didn't know why he suddenly became so sensitive at that moment.

He realized that from the beginning, the old man's eyes had been lingering on his mask.

- Rather than his already covered face.

So... that's it.

Hua Chaodu's heart was pounding.

This old man couldn't even see his face, so how could he recognize that he was Hua Chaodu?

Everything he had said so far was spoken to the person behind the mask.

Hua Chao felt that the vague shadow seemed to gradually become clearer in his mind.

He looked calm, but in fact he was excited and said, "Please tell me more about it."

"What do you want to tell me?" the old man said, "Oh, the Zhao family, they have always been afraid that someone will attack them, so they hired a lot of guards, I heard there are hundreds of them."

The next second, the old man laughed again, "But this is not a problem for you at all. When you were in the Huo family before, didn't you steal the evidence of the head of the Huo family in front of two great masters and thousands of guards? So this is just child's play for you."

His tone sounded so relaxed, and even a little bit like he was mocking the head of the Zhao family.

Just as the old man said this, a figure suddenly popped into Hua Chaodu's mind.

He had faced two martial arts masters and thousands of guards alone, but he was able to escape unscathed.

A figure who was once well-known in the martial arts world, a figure who once represented the word "knight".

A... figure who only existed in legends, like a god.

No wonder the old man just said that.

No wonder the old man acted so strange when he saw him again.

Hua Chaodu felt like he was struck by lightning.

He stood straight in place, cold sweat all over his body, and the mask on his face, which seemed very light just now, suddenly became extremely heavy at this moment.

This mask... was once worn by the shopkeeper.

The old man mistook him for the former shopkeeper.

So the words the old man just said... should have been said to the shopkeeper.

Before Hua Chao could react, the old man in front of him had tears in his eyes again, "You are really a good person, I don't know how we can repay you."

He said as he took out a jade pendant from his body, "This is what my master gave me back then, you must accept it..."

The old man's sudden action made Hua Chao confused.

"No, no, no, this, this is too expensive." He stepped back quickly.

Hua Chao could face the enemies who wanted to kill him calmly, and he could also face the subordinates who were secretly disobeying him.

He could even face the emperor with unpredictable thoughts.

But only in front of the old man, Hua Chaodu felt at a loss for the first time.

Hua Chaodu walked outside while making excuses, and his figure could be said to be fleeing in panic.

This made Xiaobai and Li Qi downstairs dumbfounded.

In fact, they were a little puzzled just now.

They were still making preparations, and then suddenly found that the murderous aura upstairs suddenly began to become strange. To be serious, the murderous aura suddenly became less and less, and even turned in the middle.

It was like a bulging balloon began to leak air, and in the end it was accidentally lost, and it simply began to deflate and run around the room.

Just when they were thinking about whether to go up and take a look, the next second, Hua Chaodu suddenly rushed out of the room.

"Uh... am I seeing this right? Hua Chao seemed to have run away just now?" Chu Changzui said.

"Yes, he did run away." Li Qi said, "It shouldn't be like this. Who could scare him away?"

Then the two of them looked up at the same time, and saw a big boss trembling out of the house.

"Uh..." Li Qi and Chu Changzui fell silent at the same time.

Finally, Chu Changzui suddenly looked excited and shouted, "Could this be the legendary senior who is so skilled in martial arts that he can scare Hua Chao away just by showing off his aura?"

Li Qi turned his head silently, glanced at Chu Xiaobai and said, "Your head, it won't shrink along with your age..."

...

After Hua Chao came out of the inn, he ran on the street for a long time like a desperate criminal. Fortunately, he was a first-class light skill, so most people only felt that a figure flashed before their eyes and saw nothing.

He ran all the way to a rooftop two miles away from the inn before he stopped.

At this time, his brain was in a state of hypoxia, and he was still thinking about the mask on his face.

The original owner of this mask was the shopkeeper, which meant that the shopkeeper was the thief who was once famous in the world?

The name of the thief was known to everyone.

To be frank, Hua Chaodu had no doubt that if he went out for a walk wearing this mask, he would see a group of common people with tears in their eyes like the old man just now.

The reputation of thieves among the people was definitely the most unique in the world.

Unexpectedly...

the one who could make those people welcome him was the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper

just gave him this mask.

Hua Chaodu's mind was very confused now, half of him was shocked by the shopkeeper's true identity, and half of him was upset for no reason.

Whenever he thought of the old man's tearful look when he looked at him, he felt indescribable annoyance.

For a long time, he had been accustomed to the expression of every common people who wanted to kill him after seeing him, and Hua Chaodu had never felt that kind of touching emotion before.

Were they really not teasing him on purpose?

Who would have thought that an ordinary innkeeper had been a big shot in the world many years ago.

Who would have thought that the shopkeeper who always looked gloomy and showed a weird smile from time to time was actually the legendary thief.

In this way, everything can be explained.

Hua Chaodu held the mask in his hand and suddenly felt that his hand was getting heavier and heavier.

At this time, the only subordinate who knew his true identity finally caught up with him. He panted and said, "Master, why are you running?"

"Nothing." Hua Chaodu said.

He asked casually, "Is there a wealthy family named Zhao in this city?"

"Yes." His subordinates were a little puzzled, but they quickly answered, "There is a family named Zhao, but they are rich only to other people here. They are really a nobody. Lord Governor, why are you asking about him all of a sudden? Does he have any secrets?"

Hua Chaodu remained silent, and the expressions of his subordinates next to him became more and more serious.

"Go, check that family for me." Hua Chaodu said, "Check all the corruption and embezzlement for me."

"Yes!"