Chapter Twenty-Four: The Master, the Key
"What did the mourning family say? What are you going to do?! Wu Jinyu was so angry that she raised her right hand and slapped it heavily on the armrest of the phoenix chair.
"Queen Mother, since that slip out, some rumors have become more and more outrageous." Huo Xiang raised his head with his hands in fists and said.
"So what? They are just talking, can they still turn the other way? What the mourning family said, have you really heard it in your heart? You just need to find out who is behind it! Do you understand? Wu Jinyu took a deep breath, frowned, and shook her head helplessly.
The father-in-law of Xiaode, who was kneeling on the side, said: "Queen Mother, this time it was the slave who didn't do a good job!" We're going to go to the trial court and arrange for the people to be released, and we won't let the local authorities arrest people anymore. ”
"Hmm!" Wu Jinyu closed her eyes and leaned on the phoenix chair, raised one hand and waved it gently, and said, "Go and do it!" ”
Huo Xiang and Xiao De got up and took the order.
"Wait," Wu Jinyu thought for a while and then stopped the two, "Give a pension of five taels to every family in the trial court." Indeed, you will supervise it yourselves, so that the money may reach the people. Remember, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world! You can reassure those people, don't mess things up again! ”
"Yes, the Queen Mother is wise!" Father-in-law Xiaode and Huo Xiang said in unison.
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Changnan Town, Shifu.
Shi Zhengying sat in the study.
The steward, Shi Linfeng, had just finished reporting to him the news in the Anping Palace.
“…… This demon girl," Shi Zhengying said, "has two strikes. By the way, Lu Ning hasn't seen anyone recently, so I don't know how he found out. ”
"Master, Lu Ning has been in Lianlianzhuang in Fuliang Prefecture recently, but he will leave for Anping tomorrow." Shi Linfeng said, "I just want to tell you about this. ”
Shi Zhengying pondered for a moment and said, "Although the 'Lianlianzhuang' is in the shadow, it is only a branch after all, and there are not many people who can use it. However, that slip came out of thin air from Anping, and I have to check it out again. It's just that none of us in Anping have found anything, and I'm afraid he will also have to run for nothing. ”
Shi Linfeng said: "Master, Lu Ning's way of doing things is different from ours. Let him try it, maybe there will be a windfall? ”
……
Dacheng is the capital of Anping.
Flower Street Willow Lane is always lively.
The decorated green spring courtyard is crowded with people.
In a private room upstairs, an old man dressed in a fancy costume sat at a table full of wine and food, hugging left and right.
"Hahaha...... Come on, come on, let grandpa and I have a ...... Hmmm...... And you ......."
"Oops...... I hate ......," said one of the women, holding out her finger and drawing a light circle on the old man's chest, "You must be old and strong......"
"That's right...... I'm afraid people won't be able to bear it......" The other woman chimed in.
When she said this, both women covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and "giggled".
"Hahahaha...... "I just want you to take it...... It's a pity that the fate hasn't come out yet......"
"Fate?" When a woman heard this, she immediately said, "She was released." She was lucky with shit this time, and she got five taels of silver for no reason! Although today's saint is young, he is really magnanimous and wise! When he grows up, it will be great to be his woman. Those rumors are really boring, and even if they are true, so what? Aren't our days peaceful now? ”
"It's ......," said the other woman, "that fate is also a brain disease!" Since she went out that day, the whole person has been like she has hit an evil spirit, and she keeps babbling every day. Really, it almost affected our entire Cuichun Courtyard! ”
When the woman talked about the little emperor, her face was full of spring, and when she talked about that "fate", she was full of disgust.
The old man glanced at them and said in his heart: That dead demon girl is really full of tricks, but she will really win people's hearts. Where did that fate go?
Thinking of this, the old man smiled and said, "Where did you go to Yuanyuan?" That place is so powerful, and it can make her look like a different person? I'll have to ask the palanquin driver to take a detour when I go back later. ”
The woman beside him immediately smiled and said, "You...... If you don't want to take a detour, you have to take a detour. The whole street was sealed off by the government. ”
"Oooh oh...... That's good, that's good...... Hahaha...... Come on, come on, don't talk about these disappointing things, let me have a ......," the old man said happily.
The old man ate a few bites of "tofu", and after paying the silver taels, he went out of Cuichun Courtyard.
The palanquin man carried him back to the inn.
After returning to the inn room, the old man locked the door and slowly tore off the human skin mask.
"Ouch...... I'm going to suffocate me! Lu Ning, who showed his true face, said to himself with a fan in his hand.
He changed into his night clothes and stayed in his room.
It wasn't until the second half of the night that he opened the window of his room and flew out.
He had seen the blocked street when he was sitting in the sedan chair.
In the dead of night, he was going to check it out.
That street is not far from Cuichunyuan, and it is only one street away from Cuichunyuan.
Lu Ning walked slowly along the side of the street with a long sword in hand, cautiously looking around.
The whole street was empty, and it wasn't long.
The small shops along the street were all closed, and he was soon finished.
I didn't find anything!
Lu Ning couldn't help frowning.
No, I'll have to take a closer look.
Lu Ning began to walk back again.
This time, he managed to go into the shop facing the street and take a look.
He looked at one shop after another, and he didn't have a clue what he was looking at.
Just as he was about to leave a shop, a figure suddenly shook outside the shop.
Lu Ning hurriedly hid in the dark and looked out through the crack in the door of the shop.
There was a man outside in the same nightclothes as him.
The man first looked around, and soon went straight to a dumpling restaurant on the side of the street.
Lu Ning originally wanted to follow.
But for the sake of prudence, he decided to hide in this shop and take a look at it first.
At this time, another man in black came outside.
The man looked around, and then entered the dumpling shop.
Lu Ning said in his heart: Fortunately, we didn't follow up recklessly.
He waited in the shop for a while, and when he saw that no one showed up again, he was ready to follow him.
When he got up and was about to go out, there was a sudden sound of weapons colliding in the dumpling restaurant.
Lu Ning's face was shocked, and he hurriedly squatted down again.
The two people who had just entered one after the other actually fought at this time.
They fought from the dumpling restaurant all the way to the outside.
Both of them were armed with large knives, and the fight was inseparable.
One of them made a false move, dodged to the side and said, "Zhu Dawei, you traitor!" The sect leader really didn't misunderstand you! ”
Is this a human name?
Lu Ning couldn't help but want to laugh, he clenched his back molars tightly and continued to stare at the outside of the shop.
He could tell from his body that the person who spoke was the one who went to the dumpling restaurant first.
At this point, the other one also spoke.
"Dong Pumpkin," he said in a low voice, "The sect leader is also delusional, the overall situation in this world has been decided, and he still has an unrealistic dream of being an emperor!" You have been poisoned by my secret weapon, and without my unique antidote, you don't want to live this moment! You're still honest with the keys! ”
Edi mother, this name ......
Lu Ning hid in the shop, gritted his back molars wildly, and reached out to cover his mouth tightly.
Who knew that Dong Pumpkin "hummed" and sneered a few times and said: "The sect leader deliberately released the news and asked me to put the key into the dark compartment of this rudder tonight." What are you preaching for? Isn't it just to lure you out as a traitor? Do you think I'm going to actually carry the keys with me? Hum...... I'm terminally ill, and I'm still afraid of your poison? You've just been poisoned by me, so I don't believe you'll try it now! ”
When Zhu Dayan heard this, his heart was suddenly flustered.
He hurriedly tried to breathe from the dantian, but there was a "poof" sound, and blood was vomited wildly in his mouth.
Dong Pumpkin said again: "If it weren't for Anping's heavy guards now, the sect leader would have personally come to clean up your traitor!" ”
Lu Ning was overjoyed when he saw this, and he said in his heart: It's like God helping me...... Hey! Where's my secret weapon? Oh here...... The two of them are not serious things at first glance. I'll put you down first.
Only two "whoosh" sounds were heard.
This Zhu Dawei and Dong Pumpkin covered their necks one after another, and fainted to the ground in only an instant.
Hehe, the medicine on this dart really works!
Lu Ning happily ran out of the shop, tied up the two of them, and used the rags in the shop to gag their mouths, and then dragged them into the shop one by one.
After entering the shop, Lu Ning put his cheek on his cheek with one hand and said, "Well, I'll search your body first!" ”