"Who?"

Outside the courtyard gate on a snowy winter night, Xu Buling took off his hat and knocked lightly on the courtyard door:

"Miss Ning, it's me."

Bang –

There was a jumble of footsteps in the yard, the bench seemed to fall to the ground, and 'What should I do......?' Don't open the door......' muttered quietly.

Squeak –

The courtyard door opened.

Ning Qingye stood slim in the courtyard gate, his expression was neither lukewarm nor hot, and he bowed slightly:

"Xu Gongzi is here......"

Xu Buling's face was easy-going, and he walked into the courtyard with a step, and looked at it a few times:

"Rest for a few days, Miss Ning's injury is better?"

"It's okay, the words were heavier last time, and I hope that the son won't look in his heart."

Ning Qingye grew up in a mountain gym, and he was not good at being sophisticated, and he didn't have much contact with young men. The last time they were angry with each other's bad mouths, they kicked Xu Buling out, and afterwards they felt that they were too cold to their benefactors.

After all, Xu Buling is also concerned about asking about menstrual affairs, maybe the son of the family doesn't regard these things as taboo.

Ning Qingye kept wanting to apologize, but he couldn't wait for Xu Buling, and thought that Xu Buling was too careful, and he didn't have a chance to speak until this time.

"They are all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, and they show their true temperament by going straight, so they don't need to pay attention to so much."

Xu Buling chuckled, turned his eyes to look at the courtyard, but saw that under the eaves, Zhu Manzhi was squatting on the edge of the wall with his back to him, hugging his knees and curling into a ball, and carefully moving towards the door, looking like 'you can't see me, you can't see me'.

Xu Buling walked slowly to him and looked down a few times:

"Manzhi, what are you doing?"

Zhu Manzhi's face was red as if he was about to drip blood, he hugged his knees, squatted on the spot and refused to get up, raised his cheeks and showed a very far-fetched smile:

"Xu Gongzi, you're here! What a coincidence......"

"What the hell, didn't you call me here?"

Xu Buling half-squatted in front of him, looking at him with a slightly puzzled look.

Zhu Manzhi hurriedly turned around for half a circle, turned his back to Xu Buling, and said anxiously:

"Xu Gongzi, I'm just cold, squatting warm, it's okay......"

After a while, Zhu Manzhi felt a warmth on his shoulders, and a piece of clothing was draped on his body.

Zhu Manzhi hurriedly wrapped himself, his clothes were very large, and he was tightly wrapped, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Looking back, Xu Buling's outer robe was standing behind him wearing only a single coat, with a smile on the corner of his mouth:

"It's not cold now, is it?"

"Thank you, Mr. Xu......"

Zhu Manzhi's eyes were full of embarrassment, and he stood up, and because his robe was too long, the hem was resting on the ground.

In winter, the weather is very cold.

Ning Qingye saw that Xu Buling was wearing a single coat, so he raised his hand to untie the rope under his neck, ready to take off the fox fur.

It's just that Xu Buling raised his hand: "Don't take it off, I can't freeze to death." Then he sat down beside the little stove.

Ning Qingye had no choice but to give up when he saw this, and sat quietly next to the small stove, without saying a word.

Xu Buling rubbed his hands and looked at Zhu Manzhi, who was flushed next to him:

"Find me, what's the good news?"

"Yes, yes~"

Zhu Manzhi finally remembered what was going on, raised his hand and reached into the robe, squirming, sensing that something was wrong, turning his back again, and reaching into the placket of his hand to grope for it.

Even if it's with your back to you, you can guess what you're doing by looking at the movements.

Xu Buling and Ning Qingye raised their eyebrows at the same time, their expressions were a little weird.

Perhaps it was hidden deeper, Zhu Manzhi lowered his head and touched it for a long time before he found the small paper scroll that was oppressed.

"Here, I found it from the case library."

Zhu Manzhi turned around, squatted next to Xu Buling, and spread his palms as if offering treasures.

Xu Buling blinked, and was not embarrassed to ask, 'Where did you get it from?', and raised his hand to take the small paper roll, still with a little residual warmth.

Ning Qingye couldn't stand it a little, turned his head to look at the snow, and tightened the fox fur on his body.

Xu Buling is not a stone man, and it must be fake to say that there is no dim sum ape Yima, he opened the paper with a light cough, just glanced at it, and his face changed suddenly.

"On the eighth day of the first month of the second year of Zhaohong, he escorted Suolong Gu to Youzhou from Chang'an, and checked with Jia Yi, the head of the inner library, when he left, it was no different...... This was found in the case library? ”

Zhu Manzhi chick nodded like pecking rice, and said with a smile: "Yes!" …… Xu Shizi, why are you unhappy? ”

Xu Bu Ling faces like ashes.

Ning Qingye sat up straight for a few moments, his face solemn:

"The inner treasury is the official treasury, and it is ...... in the palace"

Zhu Manzhi nodded: "Yes, this shows that the Lock Dragon Gu is really in the palace, and there is finally a clue." ”

Ning Qingye is a somewhat famous ranger after all, Xu Buling told her these things again, and he understands the meaning of this news:

"Xu Gongzi was ambushed in the Weihe River, and he never knew who the murderer was, and the official family has been tracking it down, but there is no news. Now that the news of the lock dragon Gu has been found from the case library, it is still from the palace, it must be the emperor's hand, and if you can kill the first, there will be a second time...... Xu Gongzi will not live to leave the capital on the day. ”

"Ahh

Zhu Manzhi's expression froze, and he glanced at Xu Buling weakly.

Xu Buling looked at the note and was silent for a moment, and after coming back to his senses, he barely showed a little smile, raised his hand and pinched Zhu Manzhi's face:

"It's good, it's a great achievement, it's good to have news."

Zhu Manzhi couldn't be happy when he heard the stakes, squatted next to Xu Buling, and muttered in a low voice:

"If the emperor wants to kill you, you will definitely not be able to escape, what should I do now?"

Xu Buling shook his head: "Xiliang Chen Bing is 200,000, I died in Chencang, and I can rely on the heads of the people in the rivers and lakes." If I die in Chang'an City, the court will not be able to understand the relationship even if there are a hundred mouths, and the emperor will not dare to kill me...... But it's impossible to return to Zhao...... Maybe you can lie down and go back, or you can't go back at all......"

Ning Qingye frowned: "Can you escape?" ”

Xu Buling sighed: "Let's not talk about the lock dragon Gu poison, the eight passes from Suzhou to Chang'an, and the Qianyang Pass, the first Xiongguan in the northwest of the previous dynasty, the imperial court stationed more than 100,000 soldiers and horses along the way, saying that it is to prevent the Northern Qi from going south, but in fact, it only prevents my father and son from the Xu family." If I can walk through alive, unless the court is blind. ”

Ning Qingye's face became more and more solemn. The people in the rivers and lakes said that they came and went without a trace, just because there were too many people and the court couldn't control it. If you really want to deal with one person with the strength of the whole country, there is nothing to hide in the whole world.

Ten years ago, the iron falcon deer hunting was a living example, how many martial arts families that had been inherited for hundreds of years were cut down and eradicated, and no matter how high the martial arts were in front of hundreds of thousands of iron horses, they were just a little stronger ants.

Zhu Manzhi was born, he was young, and he couldn't think of so many curves, so he could only mutter:

"I have experience sneaking away, if I really can't escape, I will definitely protect my son......"

Xu Buling chuckled, thought for a moment, and frowned again:

"Manzhi, where did you find the news?"

Zhu Manzhi thought about it carefully, and seriously recounted all the processes of receiving the errand, entering the case library, and consulting the file, and then muttered: "The box has fallen a lot of dust, and I should forget this booklet when it is time to deal with the traces......."

Xu Buling rubbed his fingers, pondered carefully for a long time, and shook his head:

"That's not right, you didn't find anything last time you infiltrated the case library, and now you just got involved with me, this news has been found, it's too coincidental......"

Zhu Manzhi thought for a while: "But no one knows about me sneaking into the case vault to find out the news, and the booklet doesn't look like a fake ......."

"The court is deceitful, the face may be faked with the skin, a little trace is too easy to do things, in case someone causes a disaster, it will be a big deal...... But whether it's true or not, it's all given a direction, let's confirm the truth of this news first......"

After wishing Manzhi an 'oh', he said no more.

Xu Buling threw the note into the furnace, and with a puff of green smoke, it turned to ashes......

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Volume 1: Shadow of the Hidden Dragon's Scales

The black water cold pool hides the shadow of scales, and the thousands of streets are like locking the young dragon. (ENDS)

Volume 2: Lone Wolf Chasing the Phoenix

The lone wolf is in the abyss and roars alone, daring to chase the phoenix for nine days!

Stay tuned......