Chapter Thirty-Eight: The King Behind the Scenes

"Okay, okay, I saw a drunken country building in the alley over there today, that beauty, she looks pretty too." One person proposed, and everyone began to have fun, shouting that they were going out.

When Uncle Wu heard the movement, he saw that the group of boatmen were not in shape, and wanted to leave the inn, so he hurriedly stopped them at the door, "It's so late, where are you going?"

A slightly older shipwright stepped forward with some embarrassment and said respectfully: "Uncle Wu, we are not like you cultivators, we can endure our temperament, we are a group of old men, we want to go out to drink and have a good time." Rest assured, you won't miss your trip. ”

"There's wine in the inn, and it's good downstairs." Uncle Wu put his hands behind his back and didn't smile, they hadn't left Furong Town yet, and they still needed to be cautious and cautious.

The boatman was a little unhappy, and then the slightly younger boatman in the back stepped forward, "Hey, I said, although we are your hired buddies, but we are not your disciples, as long as we get things done, do you want to forbid our freedom?" ”

"That's it, we've been rowing at sea for so long day and night, and now it's not on the boat, what are we still trapped?"

"That's it, what do you mean by the Storm Gate, is it to put us under house arrest?"

This group of boatmen was gossiping and chattering, seeing that the two sides were about to quarrel, Uncle Wu had no choice but to wave his hand to make them stop, "Okay, if you want to go, don't drink anything wrong, Li Heng, I see that you are also bored, so let's go with them!" ”

Uncle Wu was suspicious in his heart, but after all, they were not the people of the Storm Gate, and they were only afraid of causing some unnecessary trouble, so they had to ask the disciples in the door to follow in case of accidents.

Yan Lan and Sheng Lingyun squeezed behind and followed out of the inn, but Uncle Wu miscalculated, although the disciples of the Shocking Wind Sect looked at a group of polite and upright gentlemen, they had been controlled for many years, they had long been depressed, and they were all playful at an age, and they were all fresh and curious about everything, and as soon as they entered this world of flowers, they were confused.

"It's finally out, I'm tired of staying for a long time." A little disciple took two steps and took a big breath of the outside air, feeling the taste of freedom.

The other one approached him, "Me too, what I'm most afraid of every time is to follow Uncle Wu out to run the goods, and I can suffocate someone!" ”

The boatmen laughed, "Let the old man hear, so that you can't eat and walk around." ”

At this time, Xu Yunxi also deliberately put his shoulder on the two of them from behind, "Let's go, tonight my brother will take you to see the world and open up to play!" ”

The boatmen agreed, hooked up with this group of little disciples, and went to the drunken country building together. The little disciples were still a little restrained at the beginning, after the boatmen excited, and then let the girls tease twice, what is the surname will be thrown out of the clouds, in this gentle township, what is the etiquette, righteousness and shame, strict door rules, drinking and boxing, flirting with beauties, and the disciples are no different.

Half of the wine was poured, Xu Yunxi and Sheng Lingyun secretly left the table, Xu Yunxi raised the silver ticket and asked the old bustard to entertain this group of guests, they were not allowed to leave if they didn't come back, the old bustard nodded and responded with "yes", and served another table of wine, called a few more beauties, and the two left in a hurry.

The two of them returned to the vicinity of the inn first, and saw Uncle Wu sitting alone downstairs pondering, looking at his frowning brows since this morning, they were afraid that if they couldn't think about it for a while, they would stumble, so for the sake of insurance, they still had to trap him in the inn.

Xu Yunxi remembered that there was a fortune teller at the intersection of Zuxianglou just now, and asked Sheng Lingyun to guard it and go to him.

After a while, Xu Yunxi squeezed next to Sheng Lingyun again, "How is it?" Sheng Lingyun asked.

"Let's see if we can do it." Xu Yunxi was mysterious, and the two hid outside to watch the play.

"The wind rises at four o'clock, and the waves are thousands of miles away. There are dreams for results, and there are doubts for solutions. One word hides the future, one word measures the future, the price is fair, Tong Su is not bullied, come on! ”

An old Taoist in a plain robe walked into the inn with a white sail for word measurement and fortune-telling, sat down at the table next to Uncle Wu, and gave him a cup of tea.

Uncle Wu has never believed in divination and looking at these words, but in the past two days, he has been restless, and there have been many accidents, and he suddenly got up, took his own wine jug and sat with the old Taoist, "Old man, please ...... it."

Seeing Uncle Wu take the bait, Xu Yunxi retreated from the wall, "Go!" "Call Sheng Lingyun to leave.

The two rushed to the vicinity of Ying Yutang, but there was no one guarding here, so they didn't know if there were many organs inside. The two of them easily jumped off the wall, and the inside was clean and orderly, not like a secret place, but like a noble mansion. The two of them leaned on the window and listened to the sound inside, and then gently tried to push inside, but the inside was locked, and it seemed that it was indeed empty.

Xu Yunxi took out a dagger and retreated from the door, took out a fire candle from his arms, and the luxurious lobby was reflected in the faint light, and there were four big words inscribed on the plaque facing them: honest and honest.

"Oh, it seems to be the prefect's residence." Xu Yunxi relaxed his vigilance immediately, "Since it is the prefect's idle house, let's just relax our minds and wander around, there will be no danger." ”

"There is actually collusion with the government, but I am afraid that there is a trip to troubled waters behind it." Sheng Lingyun lifted the curtain of the hall, tilted his head and looked in, inside was a separate hall, and there was a painting hanging on the wall of the annex hall, which was the original calligraphy of Zhou Xian, everyone in the Han and Yuan dynasties, "Yun Xi, look." ”

Xu Yunxi followed and looked up, "I remember that this calligraphy is a Chen post that Mr. Liu Shiyanliu of the Moci Society extended on the old tomb of the Han and Yuan Dynasty more than ten years ago, and dedicated it to the emperor, and later Qingguo sent a messenger to my dynasty to repair the peace, and the emperor gave them this precious sticker as a tribute." ”

"Yes, but later Qingguo tore up the peace treaty and invaded the border, and was exterminated by King Ming." Sheng Lingyun looked at the copybook thoughtfully.

"So, the calligraphy fell into the hands of King Ming, but now it is in the hands of the prefect of the town, which is really interesting." Xu Yunxi took a closer look to distinguish the real from the fake.

"Forget it, it's important for us to find something." Sheng Lingyun looked away, moved his feet and walked towards the study, Xu Yunxi finally reached out and touched the calligraphy and painting, framed it with fine gold, and loved it very much.

The two came to the study unimpeded, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were neatly placed on the desk, and there were a few paintings in the painting tube that had not been done for a long time, Xu Yunxi unfolded one at random, painting thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, with the inscription "Who fights for the splendid scenery of mountains and rivers", it seems that the prefect often returns here, and he is not only a literati and a scholar, but also has a lot of loyalty and enthusiasm, and is determined to serve his family and country.

Sheng Lingyun didn't have the time to accompany Xu Yunxi to appreciate these paintings, he walked around the study and moved the bookshelves one by one, it didn't look like there was a mechanism, so where were the things hidden? The Storm Gate attaches so much importance to this batch of goods, and the delivery is confidential, the prefect can't swagger at home, the study has always been quiet, and things are mixed, and others are not allowed to approach without permission, so it is a good place to hide secrets, but the agency is also the most difficult to find.

Sheng Lingyun was a little deflated, leaning his back against the edge of the table, "I guess the thing is inside, but how can it be opened?" ”

Xu Yunxi put down the painting in his hand and tried it around, "Strange, can't you escape the ground?" ”

Then one leaned back on the edge of the table, but his eyes looked around from time to time. After a while, Xu Yunxi pointed to a bookshelf with a scroll, "Lingyun, do you see that this bookshelf is different from the two next to it?"

Sheng Lingyun looked at his line of sight when he heard this, the two bookshelves next to him were carved and hollowed, and they looked plain, but the prefect was a person who liked luxury, and naturally even the study had to be stained with a bit of luxury, so the pattern on the bookshelf behind the desk, the hollow was not a pattern trend, but a phoenix bird, but the phoenix bird's eyes were blocked by the painting scroll.

Sheng Lingyun stretched out his hand to remove the pile of paintings, it was a very small gemstone bead, and when he got closer, he could see a slight blue light, it was a rare obsidian sapphire, Sheng Lingyun stretched out his hand and pressed it, it was actually loose, and then he saw that the wall behind the bookshelf slowly receded to both sides, and there were a bunch of boxes neatly stacked inside.

The two hurriedly moved the bookshelf aside and walked in, there were more than enough boxes inside, it seemed that their transaction was not once or twice, and this den of thieves had obviously existed for a long time.

Xu Yunxi pried open a box, and both of them were stunned, there was actually a bunch of weapons in the box, and it was not an ordinary sword, it was a special weapon for the imperial court soldiers.

"They are, going to rebel?" Xu Yunxi looked at Sheng Lingyun in disbelief, and Sheng Lingyun's face was also full of incredulity. For example, today, the emperor has already issued a clear decree: those who make weapons privately without the orders of the imperial court will be punished for the crime of treason.

"Once the Wind Gate is discovered, it will affect Yanyu Villa." Sheng Lingyun closed the box and looked at Xu Yunxi, they had to think of a way, and they also had to find out who was behind it.

"What the hell are the silver-faced people, and what do they want to do!" Xu Yunxi's heart is also very chaotic now, but an inappropriate thought popped up in his mind, is Jiang Xiaotian related to this matter?

"No, we've been out long enough, we have to go back first." Sheng Lingyun still kept his senses, and the things here would not be removed for the time being, but if they were discovered, it would be a different matter.

Xu Yunxi also forced himself not to think nonsense, and left with Sheng Lingyun, but when he left, he couldn't help but pour out all the paintings in the painting tube on the desk, and let Sheng Lingyun help him unfold them together, and then, he saw the following sentence just now.

The painting is a general with extraordinary bearing, restraining the galloping horse in front of the sea of clouds in the mountains, the horse's hooves are raised forward, messing up the red sun reflected in the stagnant water on the ground, and the rising sun is the rising sun at the green mountains and blue waves.

There is an inscription next to it: Dare to resign from Hua Ming tomorrow?

Beautiful mountains and rivers, Huaqing tomorrow? Who should fight, who dares to resign?

Further ahead here is Yuyuan, who dares to call himself Langri, who dares to be presumptuous under his nose, and do such disobedient things, except for himself?

Xu Yunxi suppressed the surprise in his heart, left Yingyutang with Sheng Lingyun, and returned to the drunken township building, everyone was still drunk and dreaming of death, the two also drank some wine, and the group went back drunk.

The old Taoist tested the words for Uncle Wu before, and he struggled for a long time, and finally only sent him two sentences: Go to the boundless sea of bitterness, and turn back to the mountains and rivers.

Uncle Wu was angry and blasted him out of the inn, they had been cooperating with the silver-faced man for so long, a good future was ahead, who would want to turn back, and although the scenery of Yanyu Mountain Villa was still infinite, in fact, the inside had already fallen apart, do you really think that Nie Changnan can help him up again?

Uncle Wu was angry, so he watched the disciples and boatmen in the door staggering back together, staggering back with gibberish in their mouths, and they were even more angry, and they slapped Li Heng twice, and the little disciples suddenly woke up, and knelt down with brushes, and the boatmen on the side laughed back and forth, making Uncle Wu's face even more ugly.

Fortunately, there was no bad news, otherwise he had the heart to kill his own disciple, but Xu Yunxi and the two were not so happy, back in the room, the others were drunk and slept to death, but the two of them looked straight out of the window opposite, in the dark night, the galaxy became more and more clear, but the moon lost its color, clear and cold, pressing the unknown heart.