Chapter 12: The Mysterious Woman in Black
As the sun sets, the evening breeze blows, and the sky gradually darkens.
The lights had been hung up in Li's house, the dinner party had been prepared, and everyone had moved to eat.
Li Qingkong sat in the main seat, Shen Ning sat in the guest seat, and Yu Xuefei sat opposite Shen Ning, all the while begging at him with her eyes.
Li Xiaojie, who recovered from the second brother, sat next to Shen Ning and acted as a guest.
This Li Xiaojie is really stupid, he was beaten twice by Shen Ning, and he actually relied on himself, and began to ask Shen Ning for martial arts, especially the most enthusiastic about Mo Jiaquan.
Won over a little fan brother by himself?
Shen Ning couldn't laugh or cry, but looking at Yu Xuefei's little expression of hating iron and steel, Shen Ning decided to accept this admirer and teach him a few tricks.
The banquet was not interesting, basically Li Xiaojie pestered Shen Ning.
After three rounds of drinking, Yu Xuefei deliberately said: "By the way, I heard that tomorrow the Wang family is preparing a banquet and inviting many disciples of the family in the city to entertain a master from the imperial capital. The master who can be so respected by the Wang family must be very powerful, and he must go to see it. ”
Li Xiaojie shouted: "I have also heard about it, and I have inside information, it is said that the master is from the Heavenly Master Dao!" ”
Heavenly Master Dao?
What a bold name, this immediately aroused Shen Ning's curiosity, he had just been in this world for more than a month, and he didn't know much about this world.
Yu Xuefei didn't expect it to be the Heavenly Master Dao, and said in surprise: "The person of the Heavenly Master Dao? That's indeed a master, no wonder the Wang family attaches so much importance to it. ”
"What are the people of the Heavenly Master Dao doing here?" Li Qingkong frowned slightly, and said: "They control the Qin Heavenly Prison, they are deeply trusted by the emperor, and they are not subject to the constraints of the imperial court to kill and hunt down, so it is not necessarily a good thing for them to come to Pengcheng!" ”
Shen Ning heard something.
Qin Tianjian has been a special institution since ancient times, and if it is reused by the emperor, it will use the way of heaven as an excuse to hold great power. If it is not reused by the emperor, it will also look at the celestial phenomena and calculate the solar terms.
And in this Great Jin Dynasty that Shen Ning crossed through, the old emperor was old and mediocre, superstitious and metaphysical, so he naturally attached great importance to Qin Tianjian.
"They will come when they come, what does it have to do with us!" Yu Xuefei glared at Li Qingkong and signaled to her.
Li Qingkong immediately understood that this was to let himself start acting.
So she looked at Shen Ning and asked, "Zhao Gongzi, if you are free tomorrow, why don't you accompany us to the banquet, and just happen to meet the masters of the Heavenly Master's Dao." How is it? ”
Shen Ning immediately understood that this was the purpose of inviting himself this time!
Invite yourself to a feast? It seems that going to the banquet is fake, and it is true to humiliate yourself in front of the disciples of the Pengcheng family. Once their reputations are lost and big jokes are made, Li Qingkong and Yu Xuefei have a good opportunity to cancel their marriage.
"I'm so sorry, I have a big day tomorrow, and I'm busy." Shen Ning said apologetically.
Li Qingkong was stunned, but he didn't expect Shen Ning to refuse.
Yu Xuefei immediately said in a strange manner: "What's the big deal, even refusing the invitation of the clear sky?" A man like you can't do it, he is pushing back now, won't he be even more unreliable when he gets married in the future? ”
Shen Ning smiled and said, "Niece Yu doesn't know, I may be unwell tomorrow." ”
Yu Xuefei: ...
She felt speechless, how could there be such a man!
So she looked at Li Qingkong again, she couldn't persuade her, she had to rely on her.
Li Qingkong pondered for a moment, and then said: "Zhao Gongzi, there are many people at tomorrow's banquet, some people are too enthusiastic, I am not very comfortable, can you spare some time to accompany me on a trip?" ”
Shen Ning smiled: "I'll go out first for convenience, and I'll come back to give you an answer, okay?" ”
"You feel free." Li Qingkong replied.
Shen Ning got up and left the room, and under the escort of the Li Mansion, he came to the thatched house.
"I'm sick to my stomach, so I've probably been squatting for a long time." Shen Ning rubbed his stomach and said.
The subordinate said respectfully: "The villain is waiting in the distance, Zhao Gongzi, please make it convenient."
Entering the thatched house, Shen Ning went out directly from behind.
Today, he specially wore a dark coat to the banquet, just to facilitate sneaking, and he took advantage of the convenience to take advantage of the fact that Li Qingkong and the others were in the room, and prepared to sneak to Li Yuanxiao's study to check it out.
In order to find out the layout of the Li Mansion, Shen Ning asked Zhang San to buy a subordinate of the Li Mansion, thus obtaining the layout map of the Li Mansion. The Li Mansion is very large, and there are a large number of nursing homes, and if you are not careful, you may be discovered.
Fortunately, Shen Ning was proficient in stealth, avoided several patrolling teams, and touched Li Yuanxiao's study.
I pried open the window and entered, and it was pitch black.
In this case, the lights cannot be lit, and once there is a bright light, it will be exposed. Fortunately, the moon was very big tonight, and he opened a window to let the moonlight in, and he could basically see the situation in the study.
The decoration in the study is very simple, the main hall is a place to meet guests, and the area to the right is placed with a Bogu shelf, where Li Yuanxiao's collection of weapons and bows and crossbows are placed, which makes Shen Ning greedy.
To the left are desks and bookcases.
Shen Ning searched and found nothing useful.
This is also understandable, if the secrets are all on the table, then Li Yuanxiao is too stupid.
However, Shen Ning checked the ground and walls again, and even the places that might have hidden hidden grids, but he didn't find anything.
Shen Ning was a little disappointed.
It seems that Li Yuanxiao was very cautious and did not leave important clues in the study.
"It seems that it is not easy to find out the relationship between Li Yuanxiao and the Shen family, since this is the case, let's start by startling the snake!"
Shen Ning reached into his arms and took out a piece of paper.
On the paper is a painting with a gun head.
That's right, it is Shen Ning's father Shen Lie's gun, this gun has a peculiar shape, and the gun is engraved with a Shen character, according to Xu Qishui, this is the heirloom of the Shen family, it is cast with meteorite iron outside the sky, sharp and strong, rare in the world.
Shen Ning left this painting to Li Yuanxiao, he must know the origin of this gun, first startle the snake, and then see what he will do.
Sandwiching the portrait in his book, Shen Ning prepared to leave through the window.
However, what Shen Ning didn't expect was that a dark shadow was approaching in the distance, and he actually met a fellow practitioner.
Shen Ning might be discovered by the other party once he opened the window, so he closed the window, returned to the house left and right to observe the place where there was no hiding, and simply turned over on the beam.
No sooner had it been hidden, and the shadow entered the room through the window.
Looking at the figure of the black shadow, it seems to be a woman, she rummages in the room, just like Shen Ning just now. What Shen Ning didn't expect was that the drawing paper she had just hidden was turned out by her.
She saw the head of the gun on the paper and let out a low cry: "This is... Shen family gun! How did it end up here? ”
Listening to the voice, this woman should not be very old, and the voice line is very special.
The woman then folded the paper and hid it in her arms, and after continuing to search to no avail, she quickly left.
Shen Ning jumped down, a little crying and laughing.
In the end, I could only paint a picture on the spot, hide it again, and then return to the thatched house.
The next person has been waiting for a long time, and after so long, the child can be born, what the hell?
Finally, Shen Ning rubbed his stomach and walked out.
Returning to the hall, Yu Xuefei couldn't help but hum: "I thought you wouldn't be able to climb out if you fell in." ”
Li Qingkong asked, "Zhao Gongzi, would you like to go to tomorrow's banquet?" ”
The two women stared at Shen Ning closely, Yu Xuefei was already ruthless, if he still refused, he had to scratch him!
Shen Ning nodded and said with a smile: "I thought about it and decided to accompany you on a trip, just to meet the young talents of Pengcheng." ”
"Good!" Li Qingkong and Yu Xuefei looked overjoyed, especially Yu Xuefei showed a smug expression.
It was getting late, Shen Ning got up to say goodbye, and everyone was sent to the door of the mansion, and when they left, Shen Ning suddenly smiled and said, "Jade niece, have you figured out the mystery of yesterday?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Yu Xuefei was embarrassed, and Li Qingkong also blushed.
"What's the mystery?" Li Xiaojie came up.
Shen Ning laughed and said, "I heard that Yu's niece has only learned, but now that she sees it, that's all, say goodbye!" ”
Want to bully him Shen Ning? It's not that easy.