Chapter 411: Night Visit to the Martial Arts Pavilion
As soon as he entered the door, Murong Lingfeng smelled a faint aroma, and at first he thought that Bingyu had deliberately smoked the house with precious spices, but it wasn't until he dragged the wooden box out that the little boy realized that this fragrance was the smell of agarwood.
Bingyue sniffed harder, but he didn't smell anything special. Murong Lingfeng pressed his head on the wooden box, and Bingyu sniffed again, "It seems that there is indeed a fragrance, is this agarwood?"
Murong Lingfeng glanced at him, "City Lord, you are also considered an overlord, how can you not even recognize agarwood." β
Bingyue coughed lightly in embarrassment, "When I was the lord of the city, I didn't advocate extravagance and waste, not to mention that I have been cultivating for nearly a thousand years, and I haven't seen anything like agarwood, what's wrong?"
Murong Lingfeng nodded clearly, "When you were the city lord, you probably only cared about training troops and fighting! β
Bingyue didn't want to argue with her, so he focused all his attention on the wooden box, "What if this box is agarwood, is it expensive?"
"Expensive is naturally expensive, if this box is really agarwood, but it is worth more than your cabins combined. However, since it is agarwood, it should be fragrant and heavy, this weight is not quite right!" Murong Lingfeng bent his fingers and knocked on the lid, and the lid made a muffled sound, "Sure enough, hollow!"
Bingyu couldn't help laughing, "This is a box, it's not hollow, if it's solid, it won't be a scale?"
Murong Lingfeng glared at him, "I mean this lid is hollow. She opened the lid and fumbled around the edges for a moment, and sure enough, she found a gap. She pried open the gap with her dagger, and the lid of the wooden box turned into two thin pieces of wood, but there was nothing in the sandwich between the two pieces of wood. Murong Lingfeng scratched his head puzzled, "It's strange, this person has gone to great lengths to tidy up such a hollow box, but he doesn't hide anything, what exactly does he want to do?"
Bingyu also tilted his head to look at the thin plate that Murong Lingfeng was holding on his chest, "Why does this board seem to have a layer of wax?"
Hearing him say this, Murong Lingfeng also noticed the thin plate in her hand, she thought for a moment and asked Bing Yu to bring a bucket of water, the two of them submerged all the thin plates in the water, and took them out after a while, and a layer of water was already hung on the thin board. The little boy turned the thin plate to the sun, and saw that the water droplets on the thin plate condensed into a totem, which was exactly the same as the direction of the veins on the leaves of the blood fir tree. There are also two lines of words next to the totem - [Looking at the Stars from afar] and [Mind Yourself].
The two stared at these two sentences, and neither of them understood what they meant. Bingyue frowned, thought for a moment and said, "I seem to have heard Master mention that the common name of the little monk Bingyue who exchanged lives with me is 'Xinyao'. β
"Such a mother?" Murong Lingfeng blurted out, seeing that Bingyu's face was not very good, so he hurriedly changed his words, "I mean, Bingyue is still good-sounding, and the heart is far away or something, it's too hypocritical......!"
"Nonsense, the little monk has six pure roots, and he is the master's most intelligent apprentice. If he hadn't died for me, he would have been a monk now!" Bing Yue could not tolerate others speaking ill of his benefactor.
"Then what is this?" Murong Lingfeng pushed the thin plate in front of Bingyu's eyes, "Live up to it?"
"Uh...... Bingyu tried to make excuses for his benefactor, "this...... This...... Who hasn't caught the past!"
Murong Lingfeng nodded, reluctantly accepting what he said, "Then do you say that the little monk's past is called 'Jiangchen' or 'Xingyi'?"
Bingyu frowned, "How do I know this? It's not my past!"
Murong Lingfeng looked him up and down, "Memory is not only in the soul, but also in the body. Aren't there any differences in your eyes, in your heart, when you see these eight words?"
Bingyu quietly stared at the eight words on the thin board-
[Looking at the stars from afar, the heart is at ease]
A tear slipped from his right eye socket, but there was not the slightest sad expression on his face.
Murong Lingfeng observed him carefully, ruthlessly with affection, "How did you do it?"
Without saying a word, Bingyu got up and covered the wooden box and put it back under the bed. He looked at the thin plate in Murong Lingfeng's hand again, "Do you want to figure out what is written on it?"
The little boy nodded, "You know?"
"I don't know, but I think of where I'll find the answer. β
Time was fleeting, and the three-day period was soon approaching. This morning, when everyone was still asleep, someone suddenly shouted, "It's time to go out of the water!"
Everyone ran out of the room in disheveled clothes, and sure enough, they saw a raging fire burning in the direction of the west wing of Zheyuan Temple.
"Isn't that the courtyard where the imperial concubine lives?" Yuan Fei jumped to his feet and looked, "Look at this fire, it's really not small!"
Mrs. Jinghui also ran out with her clothes on, and pushed Yuan Fei, "Why are you stunned, why don't you go and help put out the fire?"
In the next room, Rongyue was also woken up, and Kikyo helped her out. Rongyue looked left and right, "Where is Feng'er, where is Feng'er? Why can't you see anyone?" In this chaotic scene, she naturally cares about her own children, and Rongyue found that the little boy is missing at first glance, she really likes this seemingly simple child who has many secrets.
"It seems that I haven't seen the little boy since the daytime. Lianxin recalled, "Don't she come back again, right?"
Rongyue frowned, although Murong Lingfeng didn't see anyone during the day these days, he would still come back at night to report to her that he was safe, this phenomenon of not returning all night had never been seen before, Rongyue couldn't help beating a drum in his heart.
"Madam, fire and water are ruthless, it's better to leave early. "Master Jinghui came over and asked Rongyue to do so.
Rongyue nodded and walked towards the outside of the temple with Jinghui and the others, and did not forget to tell Danyu, "You must find Feng'er!
Zheyuan Temple is in a mess, where is the little boy?
In the middle of the night, two men in black hooded cloaks hurriedly walked down the quiet streets, their bodies so fast that it was difficult for the naked eye to capture. The drunken man rubbed his eyes vigorously, muttering to himself that he was probably really drunk, otherwise how could he see the shadow of the wind?
The two cloaked men came to a martial arts hall. At this time, the shops on the street have long been closed, and the martial arts hall is naturally no exception.
Murong Lingfeng looked up at the two red lanterns hanging at the entrance of the martial arts hall, which were extremely festive, and there was no violence at all that the martial arts hall should have, "This is where you said you can find the answer?"
Bingyu stepped forward and knocked on the knocker, but no one answered the door for a long time.
Murong Lingfeng stood behind with his arms crossed, and said helplessly, "It's this time, everyone is asleep, and you can't hear it, who will come to open the door for you?"
Bingyu refused to give up, and kept patting the door knocker, and after a long, long time, finally there was a sound of footsteps coming from inside the house, and soon the door was opened. A man with a slender waist in a red peony robe looked at them with sleepy eyes leaning against the door with his hair scattered, and said impatiently, "Who are you? It's so late, come to call the soul?" The voice was high-pitched, and it also carried some neutral qi, and Murong Lingfeng couldn't tell it strangely in his ears.
Bingyu took off his hat, "It's me." β
The man gasped, he never thought that he would come to the martial arts hall, "Chengcheng Chengcheng...... Lord, why are you here?"
Bingyu sighed, after so many years, this person is still so frizzy, "Can I go in and say?"
The man hurriedly welcomed the two in, and he closed the door when he saw that no one was following him.
When Murong Lingfeng walked past the man, he glanced at his neck without a traceβthere was no Adam's apple! She tugged at Bingyu's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Is this person a man or a woman?"
Bingyu smiled, "What do you think?"
Murong Lingfeng shook her head, she couldn't make up her mind - she was already relatively tall among girls, but that person was a head taller than her, but that little man's waist was not much thicker than her. She couldn't see the arms and legs hidden in her clothes, but the hands were really big. Besides, his voice is sharp and rough, and his whole person is a contradiction. The little boy blinked, and suddenly an idea rushed into her head, "He can't be a eunuch!"
"Children, it's a bad habit to talk about others behind your back!"
Murong Lingfeng was excited, and quickly turned his head, the man didn't know when he was standing behind her, looking at her with a smile. The little boy pursed his lips, looking embarrassed, and always felt that his smile had a deep meaning, even a little cold and vicious.
Bingyu dragged Murong Lingfeng behind him and glared at the man as if warning, "Don't scare the child, she is my master's honored guest, and I will be punished if I am frightened!" Bingyu introduced to Murong Lingfeng again, "His name is Chilian, and his real body is a snake, he is hermaphroditic, he has grown taller, but he still likes these flowers, so he has made himself look like this." β
The little boy nodded, no wonder she felt that Chilian's smile was cold-blooded and vicious, because when he grinned, he thought of a poisonous snake that was about to open its bloody mouth, and it was natural to do so.
Chilian doesn't like to hear this, "What do you mean by not being a man or a woman!
"We can't appreciate your beauty!" said a gray-clad gray-haired man who came down the stairs, a folding fan in his hand and a wicked smile on his face. He walked up to Bingyu and saluted respectfully, "City Lord." β
"This is Rui, a gray wolf. Bingyu nodded, and said hello to Rui.
Murong Lingfeng dodged behind Bingyu and asked in a low voice, "The big bad wolf is here, is there a Little Red Riding Hood?"
Bingyu couldn't keep up with the little boy's brain circuit, "What are you talking about?"
Murong Lingfeng smiled and shook his head, "It's nothing, what is that brown clothes squatting on the handrail of the stairs? His eyes are so big that they can reflect light." β
"His name is Kai, and he's an owl. Bingyu beckoned and called Kai over, "This is my master's honored guest, Little Master Murong." β
Kai obediently walked to Murong Lingfeng's side, squatted down and rubbed her palm with the top of his head. The little boy looked at Bingyu incomprehensibly - what does this mean?
"The owl grows slowly, and it is a habit of being diurnal and nocturnal, and it rarely comes into contact with people, so Kai has always maintained the heart of a child, and he likes to have people touch his head, but only to look at the person he likes. Rui replied first, "Looks like Kaiva has a crush on you!"
The corners of the little boy's mouth twitched, and he always felt that this was not something to be happy about. "So this is a zoo?"
Bingyu frowned, "What about the others?"
Red Chain shrugged, "It's all time to go on a mission, it's the turn of the three of us to stay in the martial arts hall this month." Do you have any commands from the city lord?"
Bingyu took out a piece of paper, on which was the totem he carved down from the leaves, "You go and check the information about this totem, as well as the situation before Xinyao came to Zheyuan Temple, especially if there is a person around him, and there are four words in his name: Xing, Chen, Jiang and Yi." If there is such a person, what is the relationship between him and Xinyao, and where is he now. β
Chilian put away the drawings, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, the city lord, his subordinates will find out within three days." β
"Three days?" Bingyu shook his head, "It's too long, I can't wait that long." He held up a finger.
Red Chain blinked, "One day?" he thought for a moment, "Okay, one day at a time." "Of course, the main things of the city are put first, let those people stop what they are doing for a while, and do their best to investigate Xinyao's affairs.
Bingyu still shook his head, "No, it's an hour! I'll wait here, and I'll know the answer in an hour." β
"What?" shouted Red Chain and Rui at the same time - an hour, it was impossible to kill them, "Boss......
"Now you don't have an hour left, don't go quickly!"
The three of them reacted at the same time and rushed out of the door quickly.
Bingyu grabbed Kai's back collar and pulled the man back, "Kai, I have another task for you. β
Kai looked at Bingyu with a puzzled look, and Bingyu leaned into his ear and said a few words. "Do you understand?"
Kai nodded obediently.
Bingyu smiled and rubbed his hair, "Stay safe, go early and return early." βjavascript:
Kai turned into an owl with a "bang" and flapped his wings and flew away from the window.
After a while, there were only two people left in the Gongfu Martial Arts Hall, Murong Lingfeng looked at Bingyu with his chin in his hands, and teased, "I can't imagine that you can still be so majestic after not being the city lord for a thousand years." β
"They are my henchmen, they were cultivated by me, and they do not belong to the Protectorate. Bingyu explained, "Everyone in the world knows that there is a special team of people in the Maple Creek City City Lord's Mansion, and this team of people and horses have demons and demons, but there are no normal people. They are only at the mercy of the lord of the city, and are not at the mercy of anyone. However, everyone thought that this group of centaurs had been wiped out when they fought against the invasion of demon seeds. As everyone knows, they are all alive and well, and they have also opened this martial arts gym and become mercenaries. This is the last bit of strength I have left. β
"Monk, you are really red dust, and the six roots are not clean. "Which monk would still keep his strength for himself?
Bingyu sighed, "Becoming a monk is Bingyu's life, not Gu Xuan's." The world is safe, I am willing to complete his path for the little monk Bingyue; when the world is uncertain and the people are displaced, I will do it again and take my due responsibility. β