Chapter 5: Assassination at the Lantern Festival

One failure after another made the hearts of the young ladies who had the illusion of winning the first place in the lantern festival in one fell swoop begin to panic.

Now the only people who have been selected to participate in the last puzzle are the woman in blue who is now looking for the answer to the puzzle, and the nine phoenixes who are drawn by lot to get the last one.

Jiuhuang's eyes were staring at the glass lamps on the high platform, recalling the few failed people he had observed just now.

Jiuhuang found that not to mention whether the people in front of him had found the lantern that hid the mysterious prize, but among those people, none of them could shoot the arrow feather in their hand on the glass lamp on the high platform, either the arrow feather fell in mid-air, or the arrow feather fell as soon as they reached the sky above the high platform.

This kind of unusual thing, if it is just one person, two people will happen like this, Jiuhuang may think that it is a coincidence, but all people are like this, which has to make Jiuhuang think deeply.

She paid attention to the bow used to shoot the lamp, and found that it was not only much lighter than the military bows used in the army, but also those arrow feathers that were shot.

The arrows they were using were so light that they couldn't shoot at a distance of fifty paces, so the only thing to say was that there was something strange about them.

While Jiuhuang was thinking, the woman in blue, like the few young ladies in front of her, shot arrows that had already fallen in mid-air, and ended in failure.

Now that Jiuhuang is the only one left, the eyes of those young ladies around him have stayed on Jiuhuang's body, and they all want to know if this person who can answer the riddle at the beginning of tonight's puzzle can find the lantern with the mysterious prize in the last question and successfully win the first place in tonight's lantern festival.

Jiuhuang turned out to be the bow and arrow in the hand, weighed it in her hand, and the light feel made Jiuhuang think that what she was holding was not a bow and arrow at all, but when her eyes looked at the bow and arrow in her hand, Jiuhuang had to admit that what she was holding in her hand was indeed a bow and arrow with a light hand.

Jiuhuang carefully went back and forth on the bow and arrows, and suddenly she found that the arrow feather in her hand could be so light because the arrow feather itself was not solid, that is, such a small arrow feather, in fact, it was empty inside.

Knowing the time and space of the arrow feathers, the Nine Phoenix was able to understand why the arrow feathers shot by everyone in front of them fell from mid-air without getting close to the lantern. It seems that the prize hidden in the lantern should be an unusual thing, or more importantly, a more precious thing, otherwise the owner behind the lantern festival would not have tried his best to sit on the arrow feathers.

And their actions like this, the only thing Jiuhuang can think of is that they don't want the young ladies to win the first place again, or find the lamp that hides the mysterious prize.

However, Jiuhuang was a little puzzled in his heart, since they didn't want people to get the lantern with the mysterious prize, why did they want to praise the mysterious thing in the lantern? Or why did they come up with this last puzzle? It is a puzzle that Jiuhuang has never been able to solve.

Now that Jiuhuang is no longer allowed to think about anything, or to understand their purpose, the voice of the old man has sounded on the high platform, which means that Jiuhuang is about to start looking for the mystery.

Glancing at the incense of the candle on the high platform, which was still burning for a short time, Jiuhuang then cast his eyes on the glass lamp on the high platform.

Originally, he wanted to use his internal force to investigate, but when his internal force reached the edge of the high platform, Jiuhuang felt a powerful internal force hovering around the high platform, and his eyes couldn't help but look at the old man on the high platform. I saw Lao Tzu smile slightly at Jiuhuang's gaze, and Jiuhuang instantly understood that a seemingly simple old man was a person with high internal strength.

Jiuhuang had to focus his eyes on the lamp again, since he couldn't use internal force, then Jiuhuang could only rely on the vision range of people who practiced martial arts was much wider than that of ordinary people.

However, although Jiuhuang's eyesight was much better than that of ordinary people, she could not see whether there were other things in the brightly colored lamps on the high platform at such a distance.

The incense on the stage was about to burn out, but Jiuhuang never shot the arrow feather in her hand, she still looked at the glass lamp on the high platform, not knowing what she was thinking.

Just when everyone thought that Jiuhuang would be like those people before, unable to find the lamp that hid the mysterious prize, the arrow feather in Jiuhuang's hand was suddenly picked up by her.

Stretched out his hand to draw the bow steadily, and just when everyone thought that the nine phoenixes would shoot at the glass lantern on Gaotai Mountain, the arrow feather that was pulled away by the nine phoenixes and was about to shoot at the lamp suddenly turned around and shot out in the direction of her left.

And to her left, there were arrows that burst out of the air and shot towards the Nine Phoenix. Although Jiuhuang reflected it back with the arrow feather that shot the lamp in her hand, the arrow feather in her hand was a secret hollow arrow feather, how could she resist the solid arrow feather that wanted Jiuhuang to shoot.

Watching the arrow feather he shot was pierced by the solid arrow feather, he continued to shoot towards the Nine Phoenix.

The old man on the high platform suddenly saw such an abrupt situation, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he casually took the glass lamp from the high platform and threw it at the arrow feather that wanted to be shot by the nine phoenixes.

Although the arrow feather shot by the nine phoenixes was hollow and could not resist the arrow feathers that were shot at her, it also reduced the force of the solid arrow feathers shooting at her, and then a glass lamp thrown by the old man with all his strength made the arrow feather that was originally shot at the nine phoenixes stop at a distance of only one step away from the nine phoenixes and fell to the ground from the air.

It happened in the blink of an eye, and it was only when the arrow had landed that the young ladies at the lantern festival reacted, and I don't know who said it in the crowd.

"There's an assassin, run!"

The words were like thunder on the ground, and they exploded at the lantern festival.

When the young ladies gathered around the lantern festival heard this, the crowd immediately became panicked and fled in all directions.

After just a moment's effort, the originally lively lantern festival suddenly saved only the old man on the high platform, the two little maids, and the Jiuhuang under the stage and the little maid beside her who was already too frightened by the scene just now to walk.

Jiuhuang glanced at the little maid beside her, knowing that she had never seen such a flustered scene, and guessed that the arrow feather that shot at her just now must have been seen by the little maid beside her, and she was frightened because she was worried about herself.

Indeed, as Jiuhuang guessed, although the little maid likes such a lively scene, she has never forgotten that her duty is to be optimistic about Jiuhuang and not let her be in any danger.

Even if the little maid knows that her young lady is strong in martial arts, even those sons of families in Beijing and the sons behind the gate can't win against their own young lady. But the little maid still kept paying attention to the situation around Jiuhuang at all times.

She looked at the arrow feathers that were getting closer and closer to the Nine Phoenix, and wanted to tell the Nine Phoenix to let her run; But she found that she was already too frightened to speak.

Until the arrow feather landed on the ground one step away from the Nine Phoenix, which relaxed the little girl's heart.

"Little... Miss, let's run, there are assassins. ”

The little maid who came back to her senses was still a little apprehensive, and looked at the young ladies around her who had already run away, and the little maid said anxiously to Jiuhuang.

Hearing the little girl's words, Jiuhuang cast a comforting look at her and said, "It's okay, the assassin has already fled, besides, I am here with your young lady, what are you afraid of?" ”

Jiuhuang comforted the little maid while looking at the direction where the arrow feather came just now, which was facing the emperor street where the courtiers of the Celestial Empire lived, Jiuhuang looked at the emperor street, thinking in his heart, who wanted to send someone to assassinate her only a few days after she returned to Beijing?

At this time, seeing that all the young ladies in the audience had left, and only Jiuhuang and her maids got off the stage, the old man walked down the high platform and came to Jiuhuang.

"Let the young lady be frightened! The old man is deeply sorry. ”

Hearing the old man's words, Jiuhuang chuckled and shook his head, and said, "The old man is serious, and this kind of thing has nothing to do with you!" ”

Indeed, tonight's assassination had nothing to do with the old man, they just held a lantern festival, and they didn't know that there would be an assassination.

Seeing Jiuhuang so knowledgeable, the old man liked Jiuhuang even more in his heart.

Then the old man took out a small long wooden box from behind him, looking at the appearance of the wooden box, it should be some age. Then the old man looked at Jiuhuang and said, "This is the prize that you deserve to get for the first place tonight - the wooden flute." ”

Jiuhuang didn't pick up the wooden flute in the old man's hand, but wondered, "But I didn't finish the last puzzle." ”

The old man just smiled back at Jiuhuang's words, and then said: "But now you are alone, and your performance in front of you is not bad, this wooden flute can be regarded as a reward for you." ”

Without waiting for Jiuhuang to react, the old man put the purpose in his hand on Jiuhuang's hand, and the figure disappeared in place, leaving only Jiuhuang and the little maid beside her.

In the private room on the teahouse in the distance, Yang Jin couldn't help but feel a great disappointment in his heart when he saw that he still couldn't kill Jiuhuang at such a good time.

And the man sitting opposite Yang Jin once again sarcastically said to Yang Jin, "It seems that Yang Taishi's power is nothing more than this, and even a small woman in the face of Jiuhuang can't be killed, how can I believe in your strength?" How can I feel free to form an alliance with you? ”

The man's words filled Yang Jin's heart with dissatisfaction, and he couldn't help but say with disdain in his heart: But what about the death of a down-and-out prince, who still thinks that he is the prince who was high up in the past and favored by King Batu? Now it's just a reservoir dog.

That's right, the man in black brocade who sat down opposite Yang Jin was captured by Zhao Xuan, and was sent out of exile to the barren land of the north by order of Zhao Yun, the emperor of the Celestial Empire, to be enslaved for life, but was rescued by the wizard on the way to exile.

Yang Jin suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart deeply, and then said to Bass: "It's just that Jiuhuang's life is too good, let her hide this time, I don't believe how good her life can be to avoid my assassination again and again." ”