"Hurt?"

Ximen stroked his beard without a trace and said, "Have you heard of Yuandou Palace?" ”

Qi Ning nodded and said, "I know a little bit about it." ”

"Yuandou Palace was created by Canghao Zhenren, and it was also majestic in the past, and it was even more majestic than today's Daguang Temple." Ximen Wuxian smiled faintly: "Cang Hao Zhenren is a martial arts wizard who comes in a hundred years, he has created his own six divine skills, and any one of them is terrifying. After a pause, he said: "Among them, there is a divine skill, called the Autumn Wind Palm." ”

"Autumn Wind Palm?"

Simon Wuxian said: "This name sounds unremarkable, but the power is amazing, as far as the old man knows, but if he is hit by the autumn wind, it is like a tree swept by the autumn wind, the recipient will not die immediately, but the blood in the body is slowly depleted, unless drinking fresh human blood can prolong life." ”

Qi Ning was shocked and said, "There are still ..... And such vicious kung fu? ”

"Before the bronze general appeared, the old man also thought about whether this person was subjected to the autumn wind palm, but the six great divine skills of the Yuan Dou Palace have almost disappeared from the rivers and lakes, and the divine skills that can be preserved are already rare." Ximen Wuxian said solemnly: "So the old man didn't think that the bronze general was subjected to the autumn wind palm, there are many evil martial arts in this river and lake, and some of them will do something harmful to the heavens and reason in order to seek shortcuts to cultivate powerful kung fu, and use human blood to cultivate martial arts, which is not uncommon." ”

Qi Ning said: "Father-in-law suspected that General Bronze was absorbing human blood for the sake of practice? ”

Ximen Wuxian stroked his beard and said: "That's true, so the old man instructed Qu Xiaocang to secretly investigate which sects in the rivers and lakes are still cultivating such evil skills, and let them start to find the murderer from the various sects." Then he sneered and said: "Why did the bronze general go to you last night, the old man no longer knows, but his hasty action has exposed his purpose of sucking blood, and there is no need to go to your house to kill people and take blood, according to what you said, he can only be injured at that time, and he is forced to take blood to protect himself." ”

Qi Ning said: "My father-in-law is really wise, and my son-in-law thought about it for a long time last night, and it was the same as what my father-in-law thought." ”

Simon Wuxian smiled: "When you say this, you are praising yourself for being smart." After a deep groan, he said: "The bronze general came to the door on the night of your marriage, he must have a purpose, and he will never stop there, from now on, you must be careful at all times, and the old man will also find out the whereabouts of this person as soon as possible and arrest him." ”

At this time, Ximen Zhan Ying had already brought the prepared dishes into the house, Qi Ning was busy helping and setting up the wine and food, and Weng and his son-in-law sat opposite each other, although it stands to reason that Ximen Zhan Ying was not good at the table, but Qi Ning disdained these rules and let Ximen Zhan Ying sit together.

"If you have time, you can also go to the Shenhou Mansion to meet the senior brothers." Ximen said without a trace: "Zhan Yingda grew up in the Shenhou Mansion, which is half of his home, and he wants to go to see them when he goes back." ”

Qi Ning smiled: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I'm ready, I'll go over later." ”

"Last night's incident, you can also talk to Qu Xiaocang by the way." Simon Wuxian instructed: "After all, he has to investigate this matter." ”

Ximen Wuxian did not pay attention to the diet, coarse tea and light rice, after eating, the two said goodbye and went to the Shenhou Mansion.

Gu Qinghan has always been thoughtful, in addition to the gifts that he prepared to send to Ximen Wuji, he had also prepared gifts for the Shenhou Mansion a long time ago, obviously knowing that Qi Ning was going to the Shenhou Mansion for a trip.

Arrived at the Shenhou Mansion by car, someone had already reported to Qu Xiaocang, Qu Xiaocang led a group of officials out to greet him, Qi Ning asked people to move the gifts in and distribute them to the brothers and sisters of the Shenhou Mansion, Qu Xiaocang invited the two to sit in the back hall, and they had to gossip for a while, very cordial, Yan Lingxian was also accompanying him, but his expression was quite uncomfortable.

"By the way, Senior Brother Qu, how is that Prince Yu doing?" Qi Ning put down the teacup and smiled: "If it's convenient, I would like to meet him today." ”

Qu Xiaocang said with a smile: "This Prince Yu is full of Yaxing, he reads and writes every day, and he also asked us for a Yaoqin, so he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, but he is really comfortable." If you want to see you, I will lead you there. ”

"No, no, no." Qi Ning said to Zhan Ying at the West Gate: "Zhan Ying, what happened last night, you can tell Senior Brother Qu carefully, and let Senior Brother Yan take me over." ”

Qu Xiaocang was surprised: "What happened last night? "I thought that last night was the night of the candle fire in your cave room, what can you tell me in detail? But he still smiled: "That's good, Seventh, you take Guogong over." ”

Yan Lingxian agreed, got up and led Qi Ning out of the door, walked for a while, there was no one around, Qi Ning coughed, Yan Lingxian slowed down, looked left and right, and then lowered his voice and said: "Guogong, I inquired for you, there is no Qinghai-Tibet Lama you said in the ghost prison." ”

Qi Ning frowned, Yan Lingxian said in a low voice: "Senior Brother Han, I don't want to ask over there, I secretly found a junior brother who was guarding the ghost prison, and finally got out of his mouth, I have been detaining a few people in the ghost prison recently, but there is no Qinghai-Tibetan lama among them, Guogong, it seems that the Shenhou Mansion did not arrest the lama." ”

Qi Ning stared at Yan Lingxian's eyes, not angry: "Are you sure?" ”

"I will never dare to deceive the national prince." Yan Lingxian said with a bitter face: "But a few days ago, Senior Brother Han went out in person, and it was very secretive, I don't know what it was, but that Senior Brother said that when Senior Brother Han came back that night, he didn't bring anyone back. ”

"What does that mean?"

"The Shenhou Mansion does everything quietly, and whoever is arrested will never let people know." Yan Lingxian said in a low voice: "It is very convenient to let Senior Brother Han make a move in person, it stands to reason that since Senior Brother Han has made a move, he can always catch the other party back, but ..... Senior Brother Han took his two junior brothers out that day, and when he came back, he didn't bring anyone with him, and he didn't know if it was because the operation failed or if he hid someone else. ”

Qi Ning frowned and asked, "The Shenhou Mansion should be the most heavily guarded place, you said that it is hidden elsewhere, could it be that the Shenhou Mansion has a more secret prison?" ”

Yan Lingxian shook his head and said, "Guogong, then I really don't know." Although I am also among the Big Dipper, I don't know everything, and several senior brothers are also performing their own duties, and asking about the duties of other senior brothers is a taboo in the Shenhou Mansion. ”

Qi Ning believed Yan Lingxian's words.

When he first met Yan Lingxian, Yan Lingxian and Ximen Zhanying pursued the case of the Bronze General together, which allowed Ximen Zhanying to participate in this case, and it can also be seen that the Shenhou Mansion did not regard the bloodsucking bill as a major case at that time, and Yan Lingxian was at the bottom of the Big Dipper, which shows that Yan Lingxian's status in the Shenhou Mansion is indeed not high, at least compared with other people in the Big Dipper, he has no right to speak.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Yan Lingxian was depressed in his heart and was bought by the ghost-faced man.

Yan Lingxian's investigation of this result did not disappoint Qi Ning too much, after all, he also knew that the Shenhou Mansion was not an ordinary yamen, and it was not easy for Yan Lingxian to find out such news in such a short period of time.

Han Tianxiao personally took action, but he didn't catch anyone, Qi Ning believed that it was not a mistake, it was very likely that Han Tianxiao rescued Jebdamba, but put him in another place.

He pondered all the way, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the Nine Palace Pool.

Jiugongchi is the core area of the Shenhou Mansion, and the garrison here is extremely tight, and the prince of the Northern Han Dynasty is under house arrest here.

Although he didn't get the Huanyu map from Prince Yu, the Shenhou Mansion was very polite to Prince Yu, and the small residence in the lake was very elegant, if it wasn't for house arrest, this place was indeed a good place to recuperate.

Qi Ning followed the path that led to the small house in the lake to the front of the house, the sky was high and crisp, the window was open, through the window, he saw that Prince Yu was lying on a bamboo chair, holding a book in his hand.

Qi Ning sighed, Prince Yu heard the voice, turned his head, saw Qi Ning standing at the window, smiled slightly, and didn't get up, just said, "Why is Lord Hou sighing?" ”

He was under house arrest in the Shenhou Mansion, which can be said to be isolated from the world, and he didn't know anything about what was happening outside.

Qi Ning turned to the door, walked to the house, and said: "The prince is leisurely and elegant, and it is really enviable to recuperate here, in fact, I want to have a good rest, but unfortunately there are too many official duties, and I can't do it if I want to be the same as the prince." ”

Prince Yu sat up, put down the scroll, poured a cup of tea in the past, and said with a smile: "Today, Lord Hou came over, and there is nothing to entertain, so he can only be treated with a cup of coarse tea." He raised his hand and said, "Sit down." ”

The two sat down at the table, and Qi Ning got straight to the point and said: "It has brought good news to the prince, Beitangfeng has successfully arrived in Xianyang, and Qu Yuangu has gathered soldiers and horses, and tens of thousands of troops are currently guarding Tongguan, and on the side of the Northern Han Dynasty, Beitang Zhao and Beitang Hao are fighting each other, and they seem to be exhausted, and Beitangfeng holds the army of the Northwest Tiger and Wolf, and he may enter the pass at any time." He smiled slightly and said, "Is the prince very happy to hear this news?" ”

Prince Yu laughed, raised his hand and stroked his beard and said, "Why did Lord Hou say that I would be happy?" ”

"The prince and Beitangfeng were going to Xianyang together, but we invited them back in Xiangyang." Qi Ning said with a smile: "Otherwise, the prince is also on the Xianyang side now, once Beitangfeng captures Luoyang and ascends the throne as emperor, Beitangfeng will naturally not treat the prince badly." ”

Prince Yu sighed: "Jinyi Hou is still in the officialdom after all, and he can't see through fame and fortune." This king has become the prince of the Han Dynasty, extremely rich, and the success of the North Hall has nothing to do with this king. Staring into Qi Ning's eyes, he smiled and said: "Beitang Feng is the nephew of this king, Beitang Showa and Beitang Hao are also the nephews of this king, no matter which of them ascends the throne, as long as this king is in Dahan, he will enjoy all the wealth." ”

"What the prince said seems to make a lot of sense." Qi Ning said: "In this case, why did the prince follow Beitang Feng to Xianyang in the first place? ”

"This king went to Xianyang?" Lord Yu smiled and said, "Isn't this king in your country now?" Xianyang is thousands of miles away from this king, how can this king ever go to Xianyang? ”

Qi Ning was stunned, and Prince Yu smiled faintly: "This king's family is all in Luoyang, if this king really goes to Xianyang and is with Beitang Feng, once Beitang Feng and Beitang Hao are enemies, do you think Beitang Hao can let go of this king's family?" ”