【Chapter 2 - Nine Mysteries】I want that bead

The kingdom of Agalu is located on the northwestern border, and its ruler is named Shada. Like the rest of the nomadic peoples, the tribe lived on the grass and water, with no fixed territory, but a cavalry force to be reckoned with. When Chu Yuan first ascended the throne, the Mobei tribes have been restless, and the border people have suffered greatly, and the main forces of the imperial court were restrained by the southeast bandits, so they had to send envoys to the country of Ao Xuan secretly to persuade Shada to send troops together with General Zhenxi, so as to temporarily suppress the turmoil in Mobei and stop for two years.

It is also for this reason that the state of Chu has always regarded the state of Ah Xuan as an ally. The deceased in this street is Shada's younger brother, named Gu Li, who originally led his troops to Chu to pay tribute, but later saw that the royal city was prosperous, and it happened to be in time for the New Year, so he stayed for a while longer, and planned to wait for the snow in the mountains to leave for the northwest, but he did not expect to die here.

The matter was very important, and everyone did not dare to slack off, so they hurriedly carried the corpse and rushed all the way to the direction of the palace.

Outside the door of the dormitory, Sixi Gonggong leaned against the door and took a nap, and quickly opened his eyes when he heard someone coming, but it was Lord Li of the military department of the DPRK.

"Father-in-law, what about the emperor?" Master Li was over the age of old, and he was out of breath after taking a few more steps.

"Not long after I fell asleep, my lord is here now, isn't there something wrong?" Sixi's father-in-law was also shocked.

"Not really." Master Li said anxiously, "I can't care about the number of courtesies when I burn my eyebrows, and I ask my father-in-law to pass it on to the old minister quickly." ”

"What's the matter with Aiqing?" Before the father-in-law of Sixi could answer, Chu Yuan had already pushed the door and walked out.

"Your Majesty reads;." Master Li hurriedly stepped forward, "The commander of the forbidden army came to find Weichen, saying that a corpse was found in the alley behind the Fuyun Gate, it was the little prince of the Aoyun Kingdom, who was stabbed through the heart from behind. ”

"Coulee?" Chu Yuan's brows tightened.

"Absolutely." Master Li said, "Wechen has ordered the news to be blocked, and the body is temporarily placed in the empty house next to the hunting garden. ”

"Let's go check it out." Chu Yuan walked down the steps, and Sixi hurriedly took out his cloak from the hall and trotted all the way on his shoulder.

It's good, why did it happen again?

In the Southwest Palace, Duan Baiyue was drinking alone with the moon, and a blunt sword was placed on the stone table in front of him, flashing with a faint white light.

A light figure jumped down from the fence and was visibly startled when he saw someone in the courtyard.

"Where did you go again?" Duan Baiyue put down her wine glass.

"I don't sleep in the middle of the night, do you want to hit ghosts while sitting here?" Duan Yao breathed a sigh of relief, "It's still a master again." ”

"Master passed away three years ago." Duan Baiyue reminded him.

"That's not for sure, what if he lives again, he is familiar with the kind of thing of borrowing corpses to return souls." Duan Yao untied the seven or eight small bamboo baskets around his waist, which contained all kinds of larvae, and the buzzing made people's brains hurt.

"Three-eyed blood?" Duan Baiyue picked one up casually, "Luck is good." ”

"Hey, I waited for almost half a month to catch this one." Duan Yao was vigilant, "You have to find it yourself." ”

"You think too much, I'm really not in the mood to rob you of insects and raise Gu." Duan Baiyue shook her head, "Go back and pack your baggage." ”

"Where are you going to send me?" Duan Yao's eyes widened.

"I'm going to King Chu City." Duan Baiyue said.

Duan Yao took two steps back: "If you want to go, you can go, what's the matter with me?" ”

Duan Baiyue replied: "Because you are useful." ”

Duan Yao: "......"

"Leave you alone in the palace, and when I come back, the house will disappear without a trace." Duan Baiyue said, "Either you were blown up, or you were blown up by the enemy." ”

Duan Yao was deflated and sat on the stone bench: "You will use me." ”

"How can it be used." Duan Baiyue said, "I told you a long time ago to restrain your temper and leave a few gentlemen with less anger." Others are already taking the top exam at the age of fourteen, even if you can't recite poetry and write right, you can't even speak, and it's distressing to think about it. ”

Duan Yao covered his ears with both hands, originally wanting to hear as if he were silent, but his eyes were attracted by the blunt sword on the table: "What is this?" ”

"I don't know." Duan Baiyue shook her head, "Just dug out of the ground." ”

"You're going to dig up people's ancestral graves?" Duan Yao was suspicious.

"It was left to me by Master before he died." Duan Baiyue said, "Tell me to dig it out tonight." ”

"You've probably been cheated again." Duan Yao picked up the bamboo pocket on the table, and didn't bother to look at the sword.

Duan Baiyue approving: "I think so too;." ”

When I was eight years old, I took myself up the mountain, and I picked a handful of poisonous flowers that I don't know where, saying that inserting them in the house can greatly increase my skills, but the next day I saw that everyone was ghosted, and I walked top-heavy and almost planted in the water. Since then, even a fool has a long memory, and he has never confiscated a gift from the Master, which is the second one.

Duan Yao yawned and went back to sleep.

Duan Baiyue raised her head and drank the last glass of wine, and also returned to the bedroom with a blunt sword.

Three days later, Duan Yao looked at the two horses in front of him and asked, "It's just you and me, just quietly touching out of the palace?" ”

Duan Baiyue nodded: "Naturally, is it possible to beat gongs and drums to celebrate?" ”

"I thought Emperor Chu knew about it." Duan Yao said euphemistically.

Duan Baiyue shook her head: "Except for you, no third person will know about this matter." ”

Duan Yao: "......"

The king of the southwest secretly went to the state of Chu, which was a crime of killing the head.

Although I knew that he wouldn't take it seriously, ...... Good and decent, what are you going to do in Chu State?

"Drive!" Duan Baiyue flicked his horsewhip and galloped towards the north.

The black horse's hooves are like the wind, trampling all the way to the starlight.

The dew that had accumulated overnight fell from the rooftops and splashed on the ground.

In Wangcheng, the small stall owners who make breakfast also set up benches, tables and chairs, and sell mutton soup to ward off the cold for a few days in this weather, and it should be replaced with steamed buns, gruel and flatbread, after all, it is getting warmer and warmer.

"Ten bowls of mutton soup, twenty flatbreads." A group of officers and soldiers sat down in a hula, looking like they had been busy all night.

"Okay, wait a minute." The boss was very fast, and he brought up the mutton soup flatbread in a moment, obviously familiar with everyone, and asked with a smile, "Why do you see that the big guys are busy lately, and Commander Zhang also took people to patrol yesterday morning, and came to me to eat early." ”

"It's not a big deal, it's just a daily patrol." The officers and soldiers who took the lead hurriedly said a perfunctory sentence, then lowered their heads and drank soup and ate cakes, and the boss was also amused when he saw this, and did not talk again. But my heart began to be a little bottomless, looking at the posture, isn't there really an accident?

In the palace, Chu Yuan still had a splitting headache after drinking the medicine.

In the past few days, although there have been people investigating, they have not found any useful clues. After Gu Li ate roast duck in Tongfu Lou that day, he went to the teahouse to listen to a little song, and left satisfied, and even gave Qin Niang a lot of silver, which didn't seem to be anything abnormal.

"Your Majesty." The official in charge of thoroughly investigating the case is named Cai Jin, "Now there are some rumors in the city, according to what Weichen has seen, it is better to inform Ah Xuan Guo of this matter as much as possible, I am afraid that it will be useless to delay it more." ”

Chu Yuan sat on the dragon chair, his brows unfurled for a long time.

Although the northwest frontier seems to have disappeared in the past two years, the root of the contradiction has not been eliminated, the reason why the various ministries will not move, one is to be afraid of the imperial court's troops, and the other is because of the assistance of the Ao Xuan country, and now Gu Li has died tragically in the city of the king of Chu, Sha Da's temper has always been irritable and impulsive, if it is provoked by others, I am afraid that there are endless hidden dangers.

"Your Majesty." Seeing that he had been silent, Cai Jin had to whisper to remind reads again.

"I personally repair a book, and send someone to send it to the country of Ao Ya the day after tomorrow." After pondering, Chu Yuan finally spoke up and asked again, "Qianfan should also come back, right?" ”

"Back to the emperor, General Shen will arrive in the royal city in about seven days." Cai Jin said, "If you are fast on the road, you can get there in five days." ”

Chu Yuan nodded and waved his hand to let him retreat first.

The territory of Chu is vast, and the further north it goes, the colder it becomes. Duan Yao had just come out of the southwest fashion and was wearing single clothes, and a few days later, he changed into a thick jacket, and refused to leave the brazier even for dinner at night, but he couldn't come out when he wanted to get into the bed, but he was carried out of the inn by Duan Baiyue.

"Where are you going?" Duan Yao asked.

"Guest." Duan Baiyue replied.

"You're a thief, aren't you?" Duan Yao pierced him.

Duan Baiyue took him and landed firmly on the roof of a house.

Duan Yao yawned.

"Go get something for me." Duan Baiyue said.

"Steal it, steal it, and take it." Duan Yao pursed her lips, "What is it?" ”

"Do you see the tower up ahead?" Duan Baiyue said, "There is a secret room on the top floor, I want that pearl." ”

"Say okay first, just steal this one, and I'll sleep in the middle of the night." Duan Yao patted the ash on his clothes.

Duan Baiyue nodded.

Duan Yao stood up and moved his wrist, and the beard disappeared into the night.

Duan Baiyue touched her chin and followed him silently.

The pagoda is very dilapidated, and there is slag everywhere, Duan Yao looked disgusted as soon as he entered, and when he dodged the mechanism with all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and got the pearl with a head of dust, he was already about to scold his mother to greet the ancestors of the Duan family.

"Very good." After turning back, Duan Baiyue was still waiting for him in the same place.

"Take it, your broken beads." Duan Yao was like throwing cockroaches, "It's dirty." ”

"Do you know what this is?" Duan Baiyue shook the box in his hand.

"How would I know, and I don't want to know." Duan Yao tugged at his sleeve and wiped his hands, "Let's go, go back." ”

"That tower is the Nine Mysteries." Duan Baiyue continued.

"I don't care if it's nine or ...... Nine mysteries? Duan Yao's eyes widened, "Organ Tower? ”

Duan Baiyue nodded.

"Nine mysteries full of murderous secret weapons? Is it this broken tower? Duan Yao confirmed again, "This bead is the rumored Burning Star in the rivers and lakes?" ”

Duan Baiyue still nodded.

Duan Yao took a deep breath, and then became furious: "Then you just let me go?" ”

How many heroes died inside, and they could be shot through wearing steel helmets and iron armor. No wonder when I just entered, the room was full of dead people, bones, ghosts, and skeletons.

Can it be a little more reliable?