The night is quiet, and the moonlight is like water.

In the backyard of Yuexiu Pavilion, Jiang Xiaobai held the sword trick in his left hand, the lunar eclipse in his right hand stood out, the sword walked the dragon and snake, the white light was like a rainbow, and the light white figure was as light as a young swallow, and a set of incomparably mysterious swordsmanship was unfolded.

Under the moonlight, the blade of the sword flickered, like a white snake spitting out a letter, with the sound of the sword, hissing through the wind, and like a dragon shuttling, walking in all directions. Sometimes it is as light as a swallow, and it rises with a sword; Sometimes it was like lightning, and the peaks collapsed.

This short sword called Lunar Eclipse is exactly a sharp sword that sharpens iron like clay, the blade is like frost, the sword light is like a rainbow, under the reflection of the toad light, you can faintly see the sword body flowing with silk lines, fading out bursts of cold light, as if swallowing the moonlight.

More importantly, Jiang Xiaobai used his hands tightly, and Fang Cai's round of practice was the most hearty one for him to use his swordsmanship. It's no wonder that when he used the long wooden sword to practice in Mu Taofeng before, he always felt a little weird and uncomfortable, but tonight Jiang Xiaobai realized that what Qin Yue taught was a short sword swordsmanship!

As for how Ren Jing knew this, Jiang Xiaobai would not be suspicious, with a martial arts master like her, it was naturally not strange that she could see some clues. It's just her words when she gave the sword, Jiang Xiaobai didn't believe it in his heart.

With a blade of such quality as a lunar eclipse, how could it be given to others because of one side, I am afraid that this matter is still related to his martial arts path and his senior brother Qin Yue. However, although he was puzzled, Jiang Xiaobai didn't have much worry. A character of Ren Jing's status, of course, would not plot anything against him, since it was related to Qin Yue, it would be up to Qin Yue to solve it.

Back in the room, Jiang Xiaobai looked at the White Tiger Ya token given by the Third Prince today. Under the dim candlelight, the black tiger carved on the order seemed to come to life, with white eyes and fierce ruthlessness, and the two fangs in front of the bloody mouth looked even more vicious.

I will report to Yali tomorrow, but Jiang Xiaobai knows very little about this special institution. He knew nothing about how the yamen operated, what he was responsible for supervising the affairs of the department, and the duties and powers of the head of the office.

Fortunately, the things that have been in my mind can finally be put down, and with the strength of the third prince, it should not be difficult to find out the situation of Jiang Xun and Mrs. Jiang. And in Guangfu, there is a promise to save the person who saved him, and the safety of the two can be assured.

The next thing is to plan for the future, looking at the token in his hand, Jiang Xiaobai's eyes showed perseverance and coldness. He knew that becoming an official was only the first step.

And looking at this White Tiger Decree, Jiang Xiaobai thought of another token on his body, the Killing Lake Order brought out in the tomb of Nangong Dao, a master of the previous dynasty. It was the hidden mystery of this token that made him greatly more powerful. This internal strength method called the Three Lives Decision is also really powerful, although it once made him worse than death, but after that, he benefited a lot. Now, even if he no longer sits with his eyes closed, he will still be cultivating in his body all the time.

Jiang Xiaobai knew that this phenomenon was due to the fact that he had two qi forces in his body that were bred by different internal strength methods, but the reason and mystery of this were probably the reason why he had to ask Qin Yue to find out.

"Yes!" Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaobai suddenly remembered that in addition to the Three Lives Decision hidden in the Killing Lake Order, there was also a palm technique called the Three Realms. And the moves and descriptions of this palm technique were also recorded in his mind when the mental formula of the Three Lives Decision automatically appeared in his mind. I hadn't had time to think about it before, but I happened to be free tonight, so I immediately closed my eyes, and recalled the dense small text on the back of the Killing Lake Order.

According to the written records of the order, there are three types of palm techniques called the Three Realms, which are star picking, soul devouring, and sunset. Pick the stars to unload the power of all things, devour the soul to devour the spirit of all things, and set the sun to destroy the body of all things.

Each style has its own moves and descriptions, but because it is not a picture or text, and it is all some mysterious and difficult words, for a while, Jiang Xiaobai can't figure it out. I had to follow the description in the first type of star picking and try it out.

According to the description, the first type of star picking is when the internal force is born to the extreme, condensing the internal force in the body in the palm of the hand, and turning the invisible true qi into tangible.

Jiang Xiaobai immediately closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, meditating to generate internal force in the body. After a while, he saw that his body gradually rose out of a layer of mist, and then Jiang Xiaobai concentrated his internal force in the palm of his right hand, and began to condense according to the method recorded in the killing order.

After a while, Jiang Xiaobai's body became thicker and thicker, and he was concentrating on transmitting internal force to the palm of his right hand, and unconsciously, sweat appeared on his forehead. After a while, Jiang Xiaobai could feel that there was an invisible gas surrounding his hand. After an instant, this invisible gas gradually began to gather, and his palm continued to shrink this gas into a ball like a vortex.

Just when Jiang Xiaobai wanted to condense this invisible gas into a tangible shape, there was a soft "bang", and the shrunken ball in his hand exploded, and the invisible gas wrapped around his hand disappeared without a trace.

When Jiang Xiaobai opened his eyes again, he was already out of breath, and he only felt that the dantian in his body was exhausted, and the internal force in his body was exhausted. It seems that without the support of strong internal force, the Three Realms Palm Technique left by this Nangong Dao cannot be cultivated for the time being.

"Whew..." Jiang Xiaobai let out a sigh, he was exhausted, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Jiang Xiaobai, who was still asleep, was woken up by a knock on the door, got dressed, got up and opened the door, and saw Gu Feng standing in front of the corridor door, yawned, and said, "Brother Gu, morning." ”

Gu Feng arched his hand and said with a faint smile: "Master Jiang, it's early." On the order of the third prince, he came to send Director Jiang to the White Tiger Ya. Since Jiang Xiaobai was about to take up the post of head of the White Tiger Ya, Gu Feng also changed his title.

"Hmm..."Jiang Xiaobai nodded, thinking that he had overslept when he had consumed too much when he cultivated the Three Realms Palm Method last night, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and said, "Okay, please wait for me Brother Gu, I'll clean up and come." ”

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Most of the yamen offices in Yuejing City are located on the two streets of Beicheng District, East Road and West Road, because the imperial palace was built in Beicheng District. The Yamen of the White Tiger Ya is farther away, located in the northern suburbs.

The two rode horses all the way to the north, and compared to the bustle of the southern city, the northern city seemed much colder. In Beicheng District, in addition to the magnificent palace and the majestic yamen, there are also many mansions of dignitaries and generals. If the southern city is the consumption and entertainment center of Yuejing, then the northern city is the political center.

After passing through the north market, and then turning and going to the east, I saw that the population was getting thinner, and after walking for a while, I had arrived at the northern suburbs, and the more I went to the northern suburbs, the more scarce the people were.

"White Tiger Ya is a gap in charge, this position has been held in the hands of the third prince for a long time, and he has not been willing to hand it over to others. Here, I would like to congratulate Mr. Jiang. Gu Feng rode on horseback, and turned to see Jiang Xiaobai take the lead in speaking.

"Thank you, Brother Gu," Jiang Xiaobai smiled and asked, "But I don't know anything about this yamen or my position now, can Brother Gu tell me about it?" ”

"Director Jiang is about to take office, so he naturally has the right to know, but Gu doesn't know too much." Gu Feng said slowly, "Back then, in order to consolidate the Jiangshan Sheji, Emperor Taizu set up four special yamen, namely Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu. These four yamen performed their own duties, hiding enemy countries and assassinating officials of other countries; deal with the spies of the enemy country, supervise the corrupt officials of the imperial court; Monitoring and dealing with the restless forces in the rivers and lakes are the responsibilities of the four yas. And the four yamen also have their own representative nouns, and what the White Tiger Yamen represents is killing. ”

Jiang Xiaobai nodded after hearing this, it seems that the four special yamen named Si Ya are also majestic, although they still have their own representative names, so he continued to ask: "Brother Gu just said so many responsibilities, which one is the White Tiger Ya specifically responsible for?" ”

Gu Feng shook his head and said, "As for what the four yamen are responsible for, as well as the position of the principal, Gu doesn't know much about this. However, after Director Jiang takes office, he will naturally know. After that, Gu Feng stopped the horse, pointed not far away, and said, "Master Jiang, that is the White Tiger Ya." ”

If you look in the direction you are pointing, you will see a house with blue bricks and white tiles on the street not far away. Different from the vermilion lacquer used in the ordinary yamen, this courtyard is mostly black lacquer, and here is sparsely populated, the surroundings are silent, and you can feel a gloomy and mysterious when you look at it from a distance.

"It's spooky enough." Jiang Xiaobai said to himself with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Gu Feng saw it in his eyes, and thought that Jiang Xiaobai was dissatisfied, and immediately explained: "The four yas are all special institutions, and it is normal for the White Tiger Ya to be built in this gloomy place, so don't be surprised by Lord Jiang." ”

"Strange? I like it. Jiang Xiaobai replied with a smile.

Gu Feng was stunned for a moment, he really didn't understand the meaning of Jiang Xiaobai's words, but when he saw that someone had also sent it, he raised his hand and said with a smile: "Master Jiang, Gu Feng will be sent here." ”

"Thank you, Brother Gu!" Jiang Xiaobai smiled and raised his hand to return the salute. After that, he hit the horse forward and rushed straight to the White Tiger Ya.

The White Tiger Ya looks like it has been renovated for a long time, and the two stone lions standing in front of the gate have also been eroded by wind and rain, and traces of the stone surface can be seen everywhere. At this time, the six black-lacquered gates in front of the house were open, and there were no personnel standing guard in front of the door.

Jiang Xiaobai parked his horse, and when he saw the appearance in front of him, he couldn't help but wonder. It stands to reason that for an organization like Baihu Ya to engage in spies, the errand should be run in a heavily defended place. But now it is a different scene, not only is the door open, but there is no special person to guard it.

And not long after Jiang Xiaobai entered the mansion, he heard someone call to him: "Hey! New over there, hurry up and help. A new chief is coming, and if he doesn't set up his room before he does, it's over! ”