After returning to Daojiang Mansion, she locked herself in her room alone, so that no one could be disturbed, she extinguished all the candles, and let her mind be completely in total darkness, wanting to let her thoughts settle down in the dark, she decided to recreate the whole case in her mind, peeling back the cocoon.

The cause of the whole incident was the great flood of the Beijing Division, the Weishui burst the embankment, and then there was the Dark Fire Murder Case, the missing case of the victims, and the cattle that were on fire before this and the disappearance of some villagers, etc., there were two extremely important clues behind this, one is the Blue Dark Flower, which is a tool used by the Flowing Fire Cloud to kill people, and the other is a hanging painting, which is used to order many people from the rivers and lakes to go to Beijing, and the few people from the rivers and lakes that they met in the Purple Qi Donglai Pavilion should also come to Beijing for this reason.

Just when the pear fell back home, he suddenly received a secret letter from the master, saying that he would arrive in Beijing soon, and the master also accepted an apprentice named Li Qingsong, saying that it was her junior brother, since ten years ago, the master Jade Rat began to retire from the rivers and lakes, what is the reason why the master wants to return to Beijing, why does his old man suddenly want to accept apprentices?

Liluo's thoughts returned to the clue, are there two groups of people behind the blue dark flower and the hanging painting, or is it a group of people?

Now it seems that the Blue Immortal Flower is related to the Buta clan in the Western Regions, and their clan has no quarrel with the world, so why did the tribe's divine flower come to the Central Plains, who gave the Blue Immortal Flower to the traitor of the Fire Lotus Sect, Liuhuoyun, this person, will it be Dugu's twins?

If the people in the rivers and lakes are coming to the hanging painting, this painting is an ancient painting of the previous dynasty, and the last place to appear is the mausoleum of the former dynasty, this time the Beijing division broke the embankment, and it is very likely that someone in the DPRK will help, will there be the remnants of the previous dynasty involved, I have only built the dynasty for 40 years, and it will not be strange if there are people from the previous dynasty involved, but who will this person be? They seem to be very organized, who is still in our dynasty for 40 years and still has this prestige?

Liluo re-lit the candlelight, took out a pen, and kept sketching on the paper, trying to sort out the relationship between the characters, she decided to go to Brother Shen Muzhou early tomorrow morning, if the people of the Buta tribe were in Jingshi at this time, it was inevitable that they would not take action the night after tomorrow.

After thinking like this, Liluo asked Cherry to find his treasured pear blossom brew, and planned to go to Biyue Boat Workshop to thank Ning Yi, if it wasn't for this time when he took himself to find clues, I am afraid that he would be running around like a fly.

Aunt Tu replied with a slightly embarrassed expression when she saw Li, "Childe is not here today." ”

After hearing this, Liluo smiled and handed over the pear blossom brew in his hand to Aunt Tu, saying that there was nothing to do today, but he just wanted to take the wine to thank Gongzi Ning, since Gongzi was not there, he asked Aunt Tu to transfer it on his behalf.

At this time, a man in a maroon coat jumped down from the upstairs quickly, he had a delicate baby face, and there was a small tiger tooth at the corner of his mouth when he smiled, "Wow, good wine." After speaking, he was about to take the wine away from Aunt Tu's hand with his hand, but Aunt Tu opened it fiercely with his hand, and said fiercely, "Duan Er, this is for Childe." ”

The man named Duan Er immediately looked unhappy, and pouted, "Childe ran to Baihualou to be free, let me guard here, and I won't be allowed to drink wine." ”

When Aunt Tu heard this, she immediately signaled him to shut up, she secretly glanced at Liluo, and saw that Liluo's expression had not changed much, so she whispered to Duan Er, "Look how I clean up you stinky boy in a while." ”

Liluo walked down the street with jade bamboo and cherries, candles flickered on both sides of the moat, and a small building on the opposite bank with a delicate single eaves resting on the top of the mountain was the most brilliantly lit. Liluo still couldn't help but ask Yuzhu curiously, "Do you know what Baihualou does, why Aunt Tu looks a little stumbling." ”

Yuzhu can't be idle all day long, she likes to walk around, and she asks for news by the way, her face flushed slightly after hearing this, and said, "The girl still doesn't know well, this Baihualou is not a place for a good person to go." ”

After saying this, Liluo suddenly understood, and Cherry said dissatisfiedly on the side, "This Ning Gongzi looks like a gentleman on weekdays, but I didn't expect to like to go to this kind of place." ”

"Let's go," Liluo pinched Cherry's face, "You know a lot," and walked to the carriage with Yuzhu and Cherry.

At this time, a competition to choose an Oiran was in full swing in the Baihua Building next to the moat of the capital division.

As the saying goes, the peony flower dies, and the ghost is also romantic, this Oiran contest was released by Baihualou a month ago, because there were several murders in the Jingshi, so the pomp was not very big, but almost the entire Jingshi men were ready to move.

In private, some people secretly set up the food in Liuxian Building, the clothes in Yuexi Pavilion and the Oiran in Baihualou as the first in Beijing, and the Oiran in Baihualou has to be selected almost once a year in July, even if you are lucky enough to win the first place this year, but next year it is very likely to be pulled down by others, and the fierce competition can be said to be the most in Beijing.

Although the pomp and circumstance of this time is not very large, Baihualou has had a lot of cars and horses bustling around it since the beginning of Shenshi, and many of them are princes and princes, literati, businessmen and even ordinary people from all over the country, just to win a romantic reputation for a smile and a thousand gold.

Ouyang Muhibiscus, the eldest son of the household servant's family, is well-known for his romance, and most of his inspiration for writing lyrics comes from the women of the Qinglou. "What" the cheeks and wine are red, drunk and leaning on the green yin to sleep. ”

His poems are widely circulated among these Qinglou prostitutes, if a woman is lucky enough to get a poem, she can immediately turn into a red card in their building, which can be described as a variety of charms, and I feel sorry for it.

As early as a month ago, he had set the attic throne of Baihualou, and early this morning, he rushed to King Wu's Mansion and Ningguo's Mansion to bring his two friends, Sinan and Ning Yi.

It's okay to go to King Wu's mansion, King Wu has a leisurely temperament, and he is like an idle cloud and a wild crane, and he never asks about Sinan, but Sinan never cares about any poems, beauties, and wine, but he was helplessly dragged forward by Ouyang Hibiscus.

The Duchess of Ning Guo Mansion is a person that Ouyang Mu Hibiscus is extremely afraid of, she was born as a military general, and the family rules set are extremely strict, not allowing the descendants of the Ning family to enter and leave the Fengyue place, not allowing them to take concubines, and not allowing them to find a room, so in the eyes of Mu Hibiscus, Ning Yi lived a life similar to that of a monk, and she was glad that she was not reincarnated in Ning Mansion.

Ning Yi got the news early in the morning that Feng Ling'er, the number one beauty in the rivers and lakes, would appear in Baihualou tonight and see a mysterious figure, he had an intuition that this mysterious figure was very likely to be related to the person behind the Jingshi case, so when Ouyang Muhibiscus invited him to go, he happily went.

After evening, when night rose, the old bustard of Baihualou saw the three good-looking sons come in together, and was so excited that he lost half of his soul, and hurriedly led the three of them upstairs to the attic, and told his men to get the best snacks and drinks in the store.

After the three sons sat down, the sound of silk and bamboo strings sounded, and Ouyang Muhibiscus leisurely picked up the wine glass, listening to it as if he was fascinated. "Have you heard," he began to want to arouse the interest of his two friends, but it seemed that Ning Yi was only interested in wine, and Sinan had a cold and world-weary face, "There is a Jiangyue beauty in Baihualou, named Ruyan, who looks like a country and is very good at singing, and I will take you to see it later." Ouyang Muhibiscus raised his eyebrows and said.

Ning Yi put down his wine glass and looked around, wanting to see who was coming tonight, it was his nature, and he always liked to observe the affairs around him. Originally, at his age, he was naturally interested in these beauties, but his mother was extremely strict at home, and his mind was not here, so for him, the beauties here were just to see.

He had already sent someone to keep an eye on him tonight, he was too curious about who the mysterious person this Feng Ling'er saw tonight, and he even wanted to know where this Feng Ling'er came from.

At this moment, he was looking up at the opposite side, and the man on the opposite side suddenly glanced at them, Ning Yi hurriedly grabbed Ouyang Hibiscus's ebony fan to cover his face, and pretended to fan it, Ouyang Hibiscus was very dissatisfied and said, "Why are you robbing my fan." ”

Ning Yi whispered beside him, "I advise you to block your face too, sitting opposite is Jiang Jin, the nephew of the Lu Guogong Mansion, who has sued me a lot in front of my mother." ”

Ouyang Muhibiscus disagreed, and continued to bluff, "What's wrong with Jiang Jin, this young man is used to being romantic." But after saying that, he secretly moved his body to the side.

Sinan asked with some curiosity, he was not afraid, "How could Jiang Jin come to such a Fengyue place, isn't he often used to compare with the two of you?" ”

Ning Yi replied, "Everyone is not a merry young man, and he is usually full of benevolence, righteousness and morality in Suiyang Academy. ”

"Speaking of which," Sinan suddenly asked casually on the side, "When will you return my polar eyepiece?" ”

Hearing Sinan talk about the polar eyepiece, Ning Yi smiled a little weakly, "The situation of Jingshi is so critical, borrow me for two more days." You're so smart, make another one. ”

Sinan rolled his eyes dissatisfied, it seemed that his treasure could not be taken back.

The old bustard at the door ushered in another noble son with a smile on his face, Ning Yi fixed his eyes and saw that it was Dugu Yin, the patriarch of the Dugu family, he was a little surprised, I heard that this person was immediately the son-in-law of the Cabinet Minister Long, according to the two of them, they were friends in the world, and they had already decided on a family affair, but they didn't expect this person to come here.

In the meantime, there are also a lot of official eunuchs and characters present, such as Ren Fang, the second son of the household member Wailang, Su Feihan, the helmsman of the Caoyun Thirteenth Gang, Zhao Qiyu, the new head of the Iron Gate, etc., everyone seems to regard this Oiran selection activity as a party, and they don't feel any embarrassment at all, and they salute generously, these Ning Yi are a little accustomed to it, but what he didn't expect was that a young man about fifteen years old suddenly came in the door, He was followed by an elder and two young men who were slightly older than him, this young man was dressed in black, his facial features were impeccable, but his behavior seemed a little uninhibited, he was young but not formal at all, and when he saw the eyes of other people, he seemed not to care at all, and still sat swaggering in the middle of the hall, giving people a feeling of arrogance.

A man from the rivers and lakes next to him was a little curious, so he saluted and asked, "I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”

The young man only smiled slightly, but he didn't mean to return the courtesy, "In the Lower Ghost Sect Nangong Wushuang." ”

Seeing this person so rude, the person who asked the question looked a little angry, but the person who had heard of this name couldn't help but tremble on the side, in recent years, the ghost faction has developed rapidly, and it has the momentum of commanding the rivers and lakes, the ghost faction is good at assassination, poisoning and flint, it can be said that it will do whatever it takes to achieve the goal, but I didn't expect that the head of this ghost faction, Nangong Wushuang, was actually a child who did not reach the crown.

Ning Yi's eyes refracted from above, he had been deliberately staring at the movement in the hall, in his eyes, this young man looked extremely evil, he smiled coldly in his heart when he heard the name of the ghost faction, this point in time appeared, this person looked so flamboyant, it seems that it is bound to win the hanging painting that is rumored on the rivers and lakes.

At this moment, Sinan has been staring at an iron ball in this person's hand, the iron ball looks very mysterious, it seems to be covered with a lot of mechanisms, Si Nan turned his head slightly to Ning Yi and said, "You bring that iron ball to me, and the polar eyepiece belongs to you." ”

"Deal!" Ning Yi agreed without hesitation, he muttered a few times to Changfeng behind him, explaining that this was Baihualou, and the matter of stealing the iron ball was handed over to Qing Yao to arrange, Changfeng nodded and left quietly.

Ouyang Muhibiscus saw Changfeng leaving, and asked while nibbling on melon seeds, "Why didn't you go out with Duan Er this time, he is more interesting." ”

"Duan Er went to Biyue Boat Workshop, he went to visit his mother Aunt Tu today, I asked him to stay there by the way to see if there was any new news."

"Oh," Ouyang replied.

What the two of them didn't know was that Duan Erzu, who was in Biyue Boat Workshop at this time, was counted down by his mother Tu Auntie for half an hour.

At the next moment, the performance officially began, the theme of the first campaign was "Spring Flower", the flower of the spring moon, the most delicate, the ten women who ran for the Oiran need to choose a flower of their own representative to perform a dance, the woman who can best reflect the spring flower wins. The guests who came in each had a flower in their hands, and after all the performances, the girl who got the most flowers won and was selected as this year's Oiran, while the second and third places were respectively the flower in the list and the flower in the flower.

At this time, Ouyang Hibiscus was watching in the attic a little happy, Qingyao girl's song "Begonia Flower Dance" made him the most worried, at first she used her gentle posture to show the beauty of the begonia in full bloom, and then the center of the stage began to rain, as if the begonia withered in the rain overnight, making people unconsciously feel pity, as if they lost their love.

After Qing Yao's performance, the person who looked like a scholar in the background began to cry and shout in the audience, "Qing Yao, you are so beautiful, you occupy all my heart, I am willing to live for you and die for you." Qing Yao only bowed slightly, and then retreated.

Miss Xueqiao's "Dance of Apricot Blossoms in the Sky" is also fascinating, she is dressed in a strong suit, constantly flying around in the apricot blossoms in the sky to do sword dance, almost her feet do not touch the ground, always on the tip of her toes, it looks light and lovely, suddenly, she pulls a strip of cloth and flies into the air, and slowly falls from mid-air in a circle, looking like a chivalrous woman who is out of the world.

Ouyang Muhibiscus looked more and more fascinated, as if his body and mind had been taken away, just as he turned around and wanted to share his feelings with the two friends, he found that Ning Yi continued to drink, and Sinan still looked indifferent, he had to consciously think that these two people really didn't understand the amorous feelings.

The last one on the stage was a girl dressed in white, her name was Ruyan, her figure was slender, she covered her face with a half veil, she seemed to be a newcomer, her movements were a little rusty, but she jumped out of a kind of pear blossom's own solitary and earthly beauty, looking at the woman's eyes that looked back for a moment of moving spirit, Ouyang Hibiscus felt that her soul was about to be sucked away, she turned back on the stage step by step, that kind of stunning beauty, so that the men in the audience were all amazed.

Soon, the first round of performances was over.

The theme of the second campaign is "Xia Jiang", which is the most poetic on the riverside in summer, especially on the night of the full moon, when the river is rolling with the waves, which makes countless literati yearn for it. This round, it's a musical instrument.

At this time, silk bamboo, dulcimer, guzheng, pipa various musical instruments are staged in turn, silk string orchestra, telling one after another, it seems to be playing the grievances and hatreds in life, Ouyang Hibiscus is shaking her head in the attic at the moment, the woman named Ruyan re-ascended the stage, she half held the guqin, dressed in white, still half covered her face, calmly and calmly walked towards the stage step by step.

From upstairs, I saw the woman's face. Ouyang Mujin suddenly thought that the woman in front of him was like a snowflake in winter, cold and noble.

The woman gently plucked the strings, and the sound of the guqin came slowly, making people feel as if they had opened a picture scroll, and what appeared in the picture scroll was the river surface in the summer night, at first, the river surface was as calm as water, and then the wind suddenly rose, and the river water surged non-stop, and then encountered a heavy rainstorm, the river surface was instantly turbulent, like a roar, and finally the storm was gone, and the river surface slowly returned to the calm at the beginning.

The sound of the piano no longer reminds people of a woman's grievances or crying, but has a broad mind in it. It's as if a person has a big ambition, but it comes to an abrupt end in an instant.

When Hibiscus heard the end, he couldn't help but feel sorry in his heart, and he was shocked on the one hand, and pity on the other.

He looked back again and wanted to share his experience with Ning Yi, only to find that he had long since disappeared from his seat.

"What about Zeling," Mu Hibiscus looked at Sinan and asked, Si Nan seemed to be staring at something in his eyes, and did not reply to him, Mu Hibiscus had no choice but to fan his ebony folding fan by himself, feeling that these two people were violent and would never bring them next time.

At this time, Ning Yi quietly climbed outside the window of a dark pavilion in Baihualou, this place was extremely hidden, if he hadn't gotten Qing Yao's clues, he wouldn't have known.

Qing Yao is the secret stake he installed in the Hundred Flowers Building, she is the dancing girl of the Hundred Flowers Building on the surface, and she has actually collected a lot of clues for Ning Yi in secret. Ning Yi stared intently through a small hole in the window, his breath was breathed very lightly, and it was not easy to be discovered, this Feng Ling'er he had seen at a martial arts gathering in Mount Tai, at this time she was wearing a green dress, like a waterfall, her black hair was pulled up at will, a green satin ribbon was tied on both sides, and her dark eyes were like a black hole, but the man sitting opposite her Ning Yi could never see his full face, and could only peek slightly at his side face from the hole, but what is certain is that The man's hair was slightly curly.

I only listened to that Feng Ling'er preach, "Are you going to make a move on the Midyear Festival?" ”

The man sneered and replied, "I've already arranged a good manpower, and it's not my turn to make a move in the middle of the year." ”

"The manpower you're talking about can't be that flaming cloud, right? In my opinion, he is not that good to use. Feng Ling'er said with some disdain.

"You're wrong, the Flowing Fire Cloud is just a chess piece, and this chess piece will soon become a waste piece, I have a lot of chess pieces in my hands, we are not in a hurry, take your time." The man seemed to want to touch Feng Ling'er's hand, but was slapped back by Feng Ling'er, and Feng Ling'er reminded him, "Don't be careless, your opponent is Lord Jiang Bingjiang, who is known as the 'Iron Official'." ”

The man clapped his hands and looked unconcerned, chuckling, "So what? ”

At this time, Ning Yi was standing outside, worried about being discovered, so he quietly retreated from the top of the attic, if he expected it was correct, this person was very likely to be one of the masterminds behind the Jingshi case, but he was not sure that he would be able to capture this person in one fell swoop.

In order to avoid startling the snake, he quietly returned to his seat, but he was not worried that this person would slip away, he had secretly manipulated the teacup on which the mysterious man was drinking, and if he was willing to show up, he would definitely capture this person.

"Where have you been?" Ouyang Mujin asked when he saw Ning Yi coming back.

"I went out and went to a hut." Ning Yi said with a smile.

At this time, Changfeng suddenly walked over, lowered his head and said in Ning Yi's ear, "Childe, if you have something to report, let's go outside and talk about it." Ning Yi nodded, and walked to the small courtyard outside with Changfeng.

Changfeng saw that there was no one around, so he said, "Childe, Aunt Tu has sent a message that Miss Jiang came to Biyue Boat Workshop to find you, and she also brought you pear blossom brew." After hearing this, Ning Yi was still happy in his heart, but he didn't expect that little girl to bring herself wine.

Changfeng continued, "Aunt Tu also said that Duan Er said that he had leaked his mouth, and he had already told Miss Jiang about your coming to Baihualou. After Ning Yi listened, he instantly felt that there were a hundred crows flying over his head, this Duan Er was simply not enough to do more than anything, look at how this son went back to clean him up, at this time he was in no mood to sing and dance, so he instructed Changfeng, "You go and talk to Jingliang (Ouyang Mu Hibiscus), I will go back first, and then you go to Qing Yao with the prepared gift and tell Qing Yao that you must not reveal your identity." ”

After Ning Yi finished speaking, he hurriedly stepped away, a little nervous as he walked, "She shouldn't really misunderstand herself!" ”