Outside the Beijing Division, Shuiyue Villa

"Why is this villa so cold?" Walking on the road of Shuiyue Villa, the entire courtyard was almost surrounded by layers of green bamboo, and there was hardly a single figure, Liluo asked Ning Yi next to him in a low voice, Ning Yi was wearing a brown coat today, and when he got closer, he found that this person was slender and tall, and he must have been practicing for many years.

Ning Yi saw that Liluo was a little cautious, although it was men's clothing, but his fair face still looked a little touching, Ning Yi lowered his head slightly and came closer and said, "This person is not very old, but he behaves strangely and has a big temper, so it is estimated that there are few people who want to stay in the villa." ”

"Can you tell me about this man's origins?" Riro then asked.

"You little girl, why are you so curious, aren't you worried about being killed?" Ning Yi said with a smile.

"You're not afraid." The pear fell and sneered.

Seeing that Liluo's face was a little stunned, Ning Yi said slowly on the side, "This person's name is Huangpu Changjian, originally a noble family of the previous dynasty, his grandfather Huangpu Yun also served as a big official for a period of time during the opening of this dynasty, and he also had some friendship with our family, but Huangpu Yun spoke harshly, offended many people, and was demoted in his later years, so he simply retreated to the government and the opposition, and built this Shuiyue Villa. Although his eldest grandson is not very interested in the government affairs of the court, he is indeed an expert in buying and selling, relying on the savings of the ancestors and some connections to become an imperial merchant at a young age, most of the spices used by the concubines in the court are provided by his family, I think this person is not very interested in women, but he is very good at doing business related to women, this person and the Confucian merchant Dugu Yin in Yangzhou is called South Dugu, North Huangpu. ”

Hearing the surname "Lonely", Liluo immediately remembered that Scar Ke Don't Hurt, I heard my father say that this person is Dugu Yin's brother-in-law, Dugu Yin is the largest businessman in the south, Dugu is injured but others are disfigured, and he also started to intercept goods at the dock, and is also secretly collecting evidence of bribery and transportation officials in various places, it seems that this Dugu family must not be simple, but today, she just wants to find out why Ning Yi took her to Huangpu Changjian.

Seeing that Liluo was a little worried, "What are you thinking?" Ning Yi asked,

"I'm wondering why you're in Runzhou, why did you throw a note at my inn's residence? Don't you know that a girl's boudoir can't be broken into? Pear asked with a raised face.

After Ning Yi listened, he immediately laughed, put his hands behind his back, and his head was slightly closer, "Of course I discovered the whereabouts of your little fox, and you were almost caught that day, but I let Changfeng and Hu He stop me, and then I received a wire report that Jingyu came to Runzhou, so I hurriedly put a message to remind you to go, but I didn't expect you to be so smart, and immediately understood what I meant." I didn't break into your boudoir, I used our Ning-style stunt, darts. ”

"You mean the third prince Jingyu, known as His Royal Highness the cold-faced Yama in the rivers and lakes." Riro asked in surprise, she had no idea of any of these inside stories.

"Well, but he was on the boat that day, he shouldn't have found your whereabouts, you should try to stay away from him in the future, there is no one in the court who is not afraid of him, be careful of being caught by him in pigtails." Ning Yi said a little mysteriously.

"Yes!" Liluo replied cautiously, just the words "cold-faced Yama" were enough for her to stay away, if this person found out about the master's affairs, maybe the entire Jiang family would suffer, and even the Shen family.

"Let's go, that's it ahead." Ning Yi looked at Liluo and said, seeing that she was a little uneasy, he comforted, "Everything is with me, don't worry too much." With that, he strode forward.

Liluo blushed slightly, and followed closely behind Ning Yi.

Passing through a delicate bamboo gate, the scene slowly emerging makes the pear fall bright, a rockery is scattered and chic, surrounding a pool made of stones in the middle, the pool seems to be a hot spring water drawn from not far away, the waterway made of bamboo poles flows slowly, the water mist rises, Ning Yi takes the pear to fall along the small bridge by the spring water and slowly walks inward, a stone pavilion appears in front of you, a woman dressed in white is sitting in the center of the pavilion and strokes the qin, the quiet sound of the piano comes, lined with the rising water vapor around her, There was a bit of a fairyland on earth, and a man sitting next to the woman was reading a book not far from her, wearing a feather crown and a scarlet robe, and was concentrating on reading, as if the affairs around him were not in his heart at all.

The woman seemed to be a little happy to see Ning Yi's arrival, and hurriedly stood up, "Brother Ning, you're here." ”

Ning Yi took the pear to salute, and did not forget to joke, "Sister Chuxue's piano skills are getting more and more exquisite." ”

At this time, the man sitting on the side stood up, observed Liluo, and seemed to have a little disdain in his eyes, and looked at Ning Yi in a blink of an eye, "This is the person you said in the letter who has a key role in solving the case?" ”

Liluo didn't dare to be careless, thinking about why the men in Jingshi looked so arrogant, and hurriedly replied, "In Xiajiang Liluo, the daughter of Jiang Bing, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, deliberately turned into men's clothes due to inconvenience in traveling, and asked the prince of Huangpu and the girl of Huangpu not to mind." "Speak and behave politely.

Huangpu Changjian was a little surprised when he heard Jiang Bing's name, but in a blink of an eye, he still looked cold, "Tea." ”

At this time, Huangpu Chuxue's eyes were all aimed at Liluo's body, she had not been in good health since she was a child, if it weren't for her brother's careful care, she would have died a long time ago, her brother never let her go out more, seeing the woman in front of her eyebrows picturesque, and there was a kind of atmosphere and confidence from the inside out, she was quite envious in her eyes, "My brother is like this, cold on the outside and hot on the inside, Sister Liluo, you don't mind." ”

Liluo smiled and shook his head, Huangpu Changjian glared at his sister fiercely, Huangpu Chuxue chose to ignore it, and continued, "I'm bored in the villa alone, and my brother won't let me go out, if Sister Liluo has time to come to me to play more, tell me about your interesting story about solving the case." ”

As soon as Liluo entered the door, she found that although the first snow girl was beautiful, her face was a little pale, and she couldn't speak, "Well, definitely!" Liluo smiled and agreed, and Chu Xue immediately became happy like a child.

"It's time to take medicine, take Miss down." Huangpu Changjian didn't seem to have the patience to listen to their daughter's parents, but Chu Xue was also used to it, and after saluting Ning Yi and Liluo, he was helped to walk outside the pavilion, and when he left, he reluctantly glanced at Ning Yi.

Seeing that there was no one else outside the pavilion, Ning Yi said directly, "This time I brought the pears here because they got a major clue, which may be related to the person behind the Jingshi case." ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. Huangpu Changjian was obviously very interested in this case, and Ning Yi gave Liluo a look and encouraged her.

Liluo knew Ning Yi's kindness, so he slowly said about the matter, "Not long ago, my father and I went to visit a master, and this master gave us a clue, saying that the maker of several Jingshi murders has a flower in his hands, called the Blue Dark Flower, which is said to be produced in the Western Regions, this flower is infinitely powerful, and after fusing its pollen with fire, it will turn into a blue flame, and it will also make the burned people or other animals hallucinate. It is very likely that this flowing fire cloud was given this flower by someone, so as to indiscriminately kill innocents and create panic in the Jingshi. ”

Huangpu Changjian put down the teacup, "The master you are talking about is the national teacher Lang Qingfeng, I heard that this person is well-known and knows everything, and there is news that he will do a large-scale sacrificial activity in the Midyear Festival, and the place is located in the Temple of the Beijing Division." ”

Liluo was secretly a little surprised, it seemed that all of these people were well-informed, so she could only nod silently.

"I am indeed very familiar with the Western Regions, but I still have to investigate the matter of the Blue Underflower, give me about three days, and after three days, I will reply to Zeling (Ning Yizi) by letter, I still have something to do, please do so." After speaking, Huangpu Changjian glanced at Ning Yi, "I will pass on the other news you want in the old way." ”

Unexpectedly, this person got up and left directly, but listening to this person's tone was very confident, it seemed that there might be a breakthrough in the matter of the blue dark flower, she hurriedly got up, Huangpu Changjian walked halfway, and suddenly turned back to Liluo and said, "I advise you that this little girl should not go to the altar of earth during the Midyear Festival, it is not a joke to catch ghosts on Halloween." ”

After hearing this, Liluo wanted to ask a few more words, but he didn't expect Huangpu Changjian to disappear in a blink of an eye, "There are words in Huangpu Gongzi's words, do you know what they mean?" She looked at Ning Yi and asked, this person must know some hidden secrets.

Seeing Liluo's very curious appearance, Ning Yi secretly scolded Huangpu Changjian for a few words, "Your father knows this matter better, you can go back and ask him, why did the Zhongyuan Throttle Huoyun come, it was because there was a rumor in the rivers and lakes, saying that there was a major transaction in the Zhongyuan Festival, and this trade would involve a treasure in the rivers and lakes, and the Jianghu sect would definitely go to it at that time, and it would inevitably be some fights." But don't worry, even if you want to go, I will secretly send someone to protect you. ”

Seeing that Ning Yi was always so confident, and said that he wanted to protect himself, Liluo blushed slightly. However, Liluo faintly felt that something big was going to happen during the Midyear Festival, and at this time there were still five days before the Midyear Festival, and she was not afraid of catching ghosts on Halloween, she just wanted to see what kind of ghosts disturbed Jingshi so uneasy.

Seeing that Liluo's expression was a little unpredictable, Ning Yi stood aside and said, "It's still early, there is a bamboo forest in front, there is a stream on the façade, and there are many pebbles, I want to take you to see it." He looked like he was thinking of something happy.

"Yes!" Maybe it was because he was grateful to him for taking him to find clues, or maybe he was moved by his eyes, but Liluo didn't refuse.

The light and shadow in the bamboo garden are mottled, a very thin stream flows slowly from the middle, there are indeed some pebbles spread on both sides of the stream, the water is clear and clear, looking at the quiet scene in front of him, Liluo seems to have forgotten the tension of the past few days.

"When I was a child, I was naughty and often got into trouble, and my father was very strict, so I often hid in the bamboo garden here, sometimes staying all day, and it was also at that time that I became good friends with that thousand-year-old ice cube face." Ning Yi picked up a pebble and took it to the pear in front of him, "How about it, it's beautiful." ”

Hearing the words "thousand-year-old ice cube face", Liluo smiled unconsciously, but there is a reason for thinking about it, the family is in the middle of the road, and it is the noble family of the previous dynasty, presumably he has suffered a lot of ridicule in the Jingshi place, and he has to live with his young and sick sister, and his experience since childhood has trained him to have this kind of character.

"Pretty." The small pebbles have a different kind of luster, and Ning Yi at this time is quite like a child, "Give it to you, and keep it with the jade from last time." ”

Liluo seemed to tremble in his heart, feeling a kind of emotion from childhood to adulthood, and the side face of the young man in front of him had a different luster under the light wave of the bamboo shadow.

On the way back, Liluo actually had a doubt in her heart, "Obviously, this person can come to Shuiyue Mountain Villa to check the matter of the Blue Dark Flower by himself, why did he bring her with him." Thinking about it, he still didn't ask much, maybe he, like Shen Muzhou, wanted to let himself get to know more people, such as the girl named Chuxue just now, who was as clean and transparent as the first snow in winter.