When I returned to Yishui Pavilion, the snow in the sky was still falling. The cloudy weather makes people feel a little dreary.

Xiaoqing and Xiaoyu were clearing the snow in front of the door.

Xiao Yu was holding a broom and was clearing the snow very seriously. Xiaoqing is different, she always uses some so-called witchcraft when there is no one else.

Now, for example, she is sitting in a chair and pointing her fingers in the air, and the broom moves on its own, trying to sweep the ground.

When Xiaoyu saw us coming back, she put down her broom and greeted us, "Childe, you're back." ”

I nodded and asked her, "Well, are they up, Miss Mu?" ”

Xiao Yu shook her head, "I'm still resting, most of the demon clans need to rest on snowy days." ”

It was only then that I remembered that most animals have the habit of hibernating. Demons are also animals...... Well, animals, always feel weird.

"Childe, what are you bringing here?" Xiaoyu asked me again.

"It's nothing, you guys are busy, I've eaten with Niu Meng, so I don't have to cook our meal."

"Oh...... Got it. ”

Xiaoyu is more like a maid than Xiaoqing, or knows more about the etiquette of the world. Like Xiaoqing, he always does something out of the ordinary. If it weren't for Mu Qingchen pressing Xiaoqing, it is estimated that this little girl would be able to turn the sky upside down.

I asked Niu Meng to put everything in the backyard, the leaky pot, the steel wire, the Wuhou lock, and the bronze tripod, each of which is worth studying. This kind of steel wire has never been seen before, and it is definitely not something that ordinary craftsmen can make.

Behind this group of people may be a huge organization.

The most important thing is that they could have killed Yuen Long directly, but they didn't. Is it intentional to show that you are smart?

If I could have arrived an hour earlier, this Wuhou lock would have been able to untie it, but unfortunately it was still a little bit late.

I asked Niu Meng to inform Yao that he was studying these things in the yard by himself.

The bronze tripod is made by letter, no more than a year. The style is biased towards the style of the Tang Dynasty, and the surrounding is carved with various patterns of exotic beasts, but the carving technique is relatively clumsy, and there is no vivid meaning at all.

I took the dagger and made a cut on the bronze tripod, the texture is relatively soft, which means that the bronze tripod was created in a hurry.

The texture of the copper wire is very hard, I know a little about alchemy, I know the process of iron smelting, and this copper wire should be mixed with other things. It is both soft and hard, and it can be lifted such a heavy bronze tripod.

The forging process of those who make copper wire is by no means ordinary.

The leaky pot is even more difficult to guess, the glass craft has been passed down from the West, and even the current imperial court has no one who can master such a skillful glass craft.

It can be tentatively speculated that this leaky pot was made by Westerners.

When Zheng He went to the West, he not only brought a lot of things outside the Ming Dynasty, but also brought back a lot of Westerners, and some of the crops planted in the Ming Dynasty are also brought back by Zheng He from the West.

Among these items, the Wuhou lock is the focus. The person who can make this kind of Wuhou lock must be an extremely smart person.

Wise people, what I know is nothing more than those who are engaged in science in the imperial court, as well as the heads of some hidden sects. As for those who don't know, there are too many.

There are always those who have great talents, who are willing to be hermits and live in seclusion in the mountains and forests all their lives.

There is also the Dao talisman on the bronze tripod, which has involved black and white impermanence. I didn't believe in these things before, but I did encounter it that night, and Mu Rong was so sure of the existence of the underworld, I had to believe in the existence of the underworld.

Being able to learn the Dao talisman in the hands of black and white impermanence is not an idle person.

All in all, I don't have a clue right now.

Either send someone to ambush in the Yuan Mansion and wait for this group of people to make another move. When they saw that Yuen Long was fine, they should not give up.

Either they strengthened Jinling's defenses, and it could be assumed that they just found Yuen Long at random, or maybe Yuen Long was just used for experiments.

Anyway, the only thing that is certain is that the mastermind behind the scenes is not trying to kill people, but trying to play tricks with others.

In this way, he was able to find the person he was looking for, but I don't know if this person was me.

Besides, I don't have the power to make others pay so much attention, do I?

So who is their purpose to lead in?

Nanya? My uncle? Or some people hiding in Jinling. If it's someone who often shows up in Jinling, why don't they just come to the door?

Therefore, I am more inclined to believe that they are bringing out some hermit masters.

After thinking about it, I couldn't think of a reason, so I covered these things up temporarily, planning to go to Uncle Shi to ask about the Taoist talisman.

The Dao talisman of the underworld is definitely not a good thing to appear in the human world.

If someone learns the skill of seducing souls in black and white impermanence, wouldn't they let whoever they want to die?

At this time, someone stood behind me and covered my eyes with his hands from behind, "Guess who I am?" ”

He also deliberately changed his voice.

It's this boring trick again...... You don't have to guess, you can know that it is Tang Jinghong by the fragrance.

I put my hands behind my back, grabbed Miss Tang's waist, pulled her into my arms, and gently scraped her nose, "Who else dares to blindfold me except you." ”

Miss Tang pouted, "It's really boring, it's not fun at all." ”

"Don't you want to rest more? What are you up for? ”

"I've been sleeping for a few days, and it's time to get up and move."

In my impression, I really haven't seen Miss Tang for several days. In the past two months, my relationship with her has also grown by leaps and bounds, and I am close to getting married. Sometimes we talk about having children.

Every time I talk about such a topic, I remember that my uncle told me that when you really love someone, the first time you see her, you even think of the child's name.

However, I don't, naming a child is a big deal, how can it be so hasty.

Miss Tang broke free from my arms, grabbed my hands, frowned slightly, "I always feel panicked in my heart for the past two days, as if something bad is about to happen, and I can't sleep well." ”

I frowned, "Are you feeling unwell?" ”

took the pulse for Miss Tang, and the pulse was quite peaceful, and it seemed that her body was fine.

Miss Tang shook her head, "No, I don't know what's wrong, I've always been upset lately." ”

"I'll make you some soothing medicine."

Miss Tang nodded.

She wasn't in the menstrual period, she was upset for no reason, and there was nothing wrong with her body, probably because of her feelings.

After coming out for so long, maybe homesickness is one thing, and on the other hand, it's missing my sister.

Since I knew that Nan Ya had killed Song Zhaoying by mistake, I had never talked to Tang Jinghong about Song Zhaoying.

But after all, it's my own sister, and I think about it day and night.

If you count the time Tang Jinghong spent in the demon world, she and Song Zhaoying probably haven't seen each other for decades......

So Miss Tang and I went to the pharmacy to grab medicinal herbs, and when I came back, she accompanied me to boil medicine.

Just when the two of us were in love, Niu Meng hurriedly ran back, "Brother Jiu, it's not good, Lord Yao is no longer in the mansion, and the guards in the mansion are all dead." ”

"What?"

Yao Weimei's mansion is the original county government, she doesn't seem to like guards very much, there are a few guards at the gate, and there are no guards in the entire mansion, not even servants and housekeepers.

Oh, there is a maid, called Shadow, it is the Moon Shadow Black Pupil Golden Tiger, a very rare kind of cat.

"Where's the shadow? Did you see her? I hurriedly asked.

Niu Meng shook his head, "No, it seems that there has been a fight in the house, and it has been smashed into pieces, and there are still a lot of blood stains." I examined the body of the guard at the door, and the time of death was probably in the early hours of yesterday morning. ”

I frowned, and planned to go to Yao Xiaomei's mansion with Niu Meng to have a look. asked Xiaoqing to help boil the medicine, and Miss Tang said that she would go too.

I told her that Jinling may not be peaceful recently, and there is a Dao array laid by Uncle Shi around Yishui Pavilion, which is relatively safe.

And it's winter, their strength has declined, and now they don't know who their opponents are, and it's a trouble to fall into the trap in case they pass.

Miss Tang didn't insist anymore, but just told me to be careful.

Niu Meng and I hurried to Yao Yanmei, and when we arrived at the door, I asked the shopkeeper Li on the opposite side to inform my uncle, saying that something happened to Yishui Pavilion, and asked my uncle to go back to Yishui Pavilion to guard first.

I met a few children on the way, so I gave some silver to the children, and asked them to go to the Jinyi Guard Detective Spirit Division to tell Chasing Wind and Hunting Shadow, and the soldiers were divided into two ways, one went to Yao Xiaomei to meet me, and the other led people to guard Yishui Pavilion.

Yao Xiaomei had an accident, the three princesses of the Nine-Tails clan, both of them were in Yishui Pavilion, and they must not be careless.

There were very few people on the streets, and the snow had condensed into ice. However, after more than two months of training with Niu Meng, walking on ice can be regarded as flat, so we don't have to worry about slipping.

Soon the two of us arrived at Yao's mansion, where the bodies of eight guards lay in front of the door.

Two of them had already been helped to their feet, leaning against the wall, which should be the two bodies that Niu Meng had just checked, and the rest were buried in the snow, looking only humanoid.

Niu Meng and I dug up all the corpses, put them side by side in a row, and examined them carefully.

All the corpses had five finger prints on their necks, which had turned purple.

It looks like someone broke their neck with their hands and died directly.

Although it was winter and it was still snowing, it had an impact on the judgment of the time of death, but Niu Meng's analysis was almost the same, these eight guards were all killed last night.

I went into the house again and looked around, except for the courtyard where Yao Xiaomei lived and the adjacent courtyard, which had traces of fighting, the other courtyards were intact.

One of the courtyard walls had fallen, as if someone had hit it.

There was blood all over the floor and walls, and it had dried up.

I sniffed the blood carefully, only three were Yao Xiaomei's blood stains, and the others were not. Judging by the bloodstains, at least six people on the other side were injured. Of course, there may have been more than six people coming, but only six were injured.

There is a large pool of blood that Yao mocks Mei, and there are traces of claws in the courtyard, it seems that Yao Xiaomei has been transformed.

If she escapes, she will definitely go back to look for us, and even if she doesn't look for us, she will go to Uncle Shi or chase the wind and hunt shadows.

If there is no news from Uncle Shi and Jinyi Wei Tan Ling Si, there is a great possibility that Yao Mockmei was arrested.

Niu Meng and I carefully searched around the house, but there was no one in the whole house.

Just as we were about to go to the door to wait for the Jinyi guard, the inside of Yao's room was suddenly opened.

The shadow vomited blood in his mouth, took two steps, and then fell to the ground, "Nine Princes...... Miss She ...... She was taken away......"

I hurriedly went over to help Shadow up, and saw that she was covered with knives and her wounds had already scabbed. He was still vomiting blood in his mouth, indicating that he had suffered serious internal injuries.

"Don't talk yet, take care of your body. Fierce son, you keep around. With that, I bit my wrist and fed Shadow blood.

Niu Meng pulled out his pig-killing knife and looked around cautiously.