Chapter 7: Tension
Go to the army to fight and strategize, and the prince is the country. If it is said that Zhu Yangjuan is to fight the world, then the war plan scroll and the national scroll are to guard the world and spread the world. And now, under the ground of this Bafang Building, three heirloom scrolls are gathered here, just to exchange for that obscure Xiangxing scroll? Aren't these two people caught in the door?
Xu Xi frowned, as a person who had crossed over, of course she didn't understand what the meaning was. Even if you tell her, she will only think it is funny, after all, the fortunes of a country are piled up by the lives of thousands of ordinary people, how can it be easily reversed by these books?
What's more, the most important thing now is how to bring down the person in the curtain upstairs. There can only be one person in the winner, and if she wants to take Zhao Yan'er away, she must win this person.
"There is no evidence, I dare to take out these pages, can your master take them out?" Xu Xi shouted.
There was silence again, and the young man upstairs said loudly: "My master didn't bring it with him, if Bafanglou doesn't dislike it, we will naturally offer it in a few days." β
The situation became incomprehensible, and almost everyone turned their eyes on the black-robed girl who stood up, and the mysterious figure upstairs who never showed up.
Long Mengxun lowered his head, only to see a female servant in a sword skirt hurriedly walking up to the stage and whispering a few words in the ear of the man in the embroidered robe. The man's face changed slightly, and then he disappeared.
"Two distinguished guests," the man in the embroidered robe smiled, "Our landlord said, please go to the back hall for a while, I don't know if you can enjoy the light?" β
Xu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and put those pages of "Qingdi Lu" into her arms, the other party shipped twice as much as the real price, she didn't have any bottom in her heart, but she didn't expect the owner here to agree to invite them in. Fortunately, this matter has finally passed, so let's see the trick later.
Long Mengxun was silent upstairs for a long time, then turned around and walked out of the pavilion.
Xu Xi was led forward by the two fox-faced guys at this time, the corridor was twisted and stretched upwards in a spiral, and the higher it went, the more brilliant and bright it became.
Walking to the top floor, as soon as I landed, the white silk carpet with exquisite embroidery at my feet spread all the way to the far room.
The artistic conception of the snow fishing in the thousand rivers is too beautiful, Xu Xi silently withdrew his feet, afraid of staining the silk blanket.
When I looked up again, I saw that the surrounding decorations were extremely gorgeous, but this long carpet was so simple and elegant, and the comparison between the two was really incompatible. Xu Xi thought, the decoration taste of the owner of this Bafang Building is indeed not very good.
She didn't move, and those fox-faced little guys weren't in a hurry, just stood beside her and waited. only heard a sound of footsteps behind him, Xu Xi turned around, and saw a half-grown teenager emerging from the entrance of the building, followed by two fox-faced boys like her.
The young man was dressed in a black short, with brown soft leather armor tied to his joints and waist, and two straight and slender calves tucked into his boots, and the whole person was extremely neat.
Xu Xi thought to himself, this is probably the young man who spoke for his master in the embroidered curtain upstairs just now.
Seeing Xu Xi looking at him, the young man nodded politely, walked straight past her, and stepped on the picture of fishing snow in a thousand mountains, and suddenly left a dirty footprint on the white silk carpet.
She was stunned, the young man looked back at her suspiciously, I don't know why, this young man's eyes were big and clear, but Xu Xi always felt that he was a little dumbfounded.
"Why aren't you leaving?" He asked.
ββ¦β¦ I'll go right away. β
The carpet was already dirty, and Xu Xi had no psychological burden, and followed the boy straight to the room at the end. The door opened, and a man stood in front of the window with his hands down, his back to the door.
A few fox-faced boys stood outside and were about to ask for instructions, when the young man unceremoniously pushed them away and walked in.
"I heard you're looking for us?" He said to his back.
Xu Xi thought to herself, child, you are too direct, but she still cleared her throat and made a courtesy like them. "I heard that the landlord is looking for us."
Seeing someone talking, the man in front of the window slowly turned around, and Xu Xi saw that his face was covered with a mask of ghost-faced fangs.
"Two distinguished guests." He made a gesture of please, "Sit." β
Xu Xi sat down very calmly, the young man hesitated a little, and said, "My master told me to go and come back quickly." β
Xu Xi finally heard the question, and the kid's brain didn't seem to be very good at turning, and he would only ask and answer directly.
"Oh?" The ghost-faced man was not annoyed, but just laughed softly and asked, "Then why did your master exchange the scroll and the national scroll for the Xiangxing scroll in my hand?" β
"Because my teacher ...... The master said that he had finished reading the rest of the volumes of "Qingdi Lu", only the Xiangxing scroll had not read. β
Oh, then your master is really great, Xu Xi thought to himself.
The ghost-faced man smiled gently, matching his blue-faced fanged mask, "What about this girl?" Why do you want to use Zhuyang Roll for Star Scroll? β
"I'm not here to change the star scroll," Xu Xi said, "I'm going to be a big person." β
"Oh?" The ghost-faced man said strangely, "For this person, the girl made such a big fuss, I think she is a very important person." β
Xu Xi waved his hand, "It's not important, it's just that I was taken care of by their family and repaid the favor." β
The man groaned, "I wonder who the girl is asking?" β
"A few days ago, a few men in black tied up a young man from a pawnshop on the bank of Weishui." Xu Xi said slowly, "His father explained the reason to me, I think there should be some misunderstanding in it, so I don't know if the landlord is willing to give me this opportunity to exchange Zhu Yang rolls for that child." β
The man walked around the building repeatedly, uneasy.
"Do you know what Zhuyang Roll is?" The man asked suddenly, a little incredulous.
How many people did not hesitate to kill each other for the sake of this fragment. The woman in front of her actually simply delivered it just for the sake of a pawnshop guy?
"Our society...... I mean, there's an old saying in our side that says, 'The man is not guilty, but he is guilty.'" Since we don't have the ability to control this thing, sooner or later we will be in trouble if we keep it in our hands. It's better to give a hero like you to the landlord, and reunite with the father and son, isn't it? β
The man bowed slightly, "You have a point. β
He clapped his hands, those fox-faced little guys retreated, and after a while, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy was brought up, and his originally listless face suddenly deflated when he saw Xu Xi, and he called out aggrievedly, "Sister Xu." "I'm going to pounce.
Xu Xi propped his head and pushed him aside, "Your father is waiting for you below, still crying, what's the point?" β
Seeing that Zhao Yan'er really looked frightened, she couldn't help but soften her tone, "Okay, go down here to find your father, Sister Xu and I will deal with it here." β
"Where's Zhu Yangjuan?" The ghost-faced man asked, taking a step forward.
Xu Xi stopped Zhao Yan'er behind him, took out the yellowed fragments from his clothes, and threw them over.
The man took it with his hand and turned it over with his hand, judging from the quality of the paper and ink, there was really no problem.
When he was about to take a closer look, the young man who had been waiting for a long time suddenly said, "Can I change with my master now?" β
The ghost-faced man was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Of course, you will wait a minute......
Xu Xi broke out in a cold sweat in his heart, pushed Zhao Yan'er and walked out, "Hurry up, your father is waiting for you down there and waiting for you to die." After you go back, you two quickly change places to live, and tell your father not to take this kind of small money anymore. β
"But Sister Xu, where did you get that thing?"
Xu Xi slapped his probed face back with a palm, "Don't ask so much, child. β
Nonsense, of course fake. If it weren't for the craftsmanship she used to imitate, how could she forge such a fragment. Xu Xi's hands have always been very skillful, and in order to improve her knife skills, she even learned a lot of skills that test her dexterity and strength control, such as anatomy, carving, and pottery...... Of course, Intuo is also one of them.
The antique rubbings she made are extremely exquisite, almost real, and there have even been a few oolong experiences that have been stolen as cultural relics, but I didn't expect it to come in handy here. At that time, after listening to the shopkeeper Zhao tell what happened, she asked the shopkeeper Zhao to prepare the Chengxin paper and dragon incense medicine for her, and finally concocted such a so-called "Zhuyang roll" after a few days and nights.
Of course, the content above is naturally not the Qingdi ciphertext, but the Tao Te Ching.
Xu Xi thought that the Tao Te Ching would not be worse than the Zhu Yang scroll of this era, and he felt quite a pity when he extended it to it.
The two walked back to their original path along the long Qianjiang Fishing Snow Map, but when they were about to go down, a black-robed man blocked their way.
"Girl, please stay."
Xu Xi was stunned, pushed Zhao Yan'er back behind him, and pressed the thin knife under the cloak with his right hand.
Long Mengxun just smiled, and walked a few more steps up the steps, and under the meniscus golden knife hanging from his waist, two colorful cloisonnΓ© enamel balls rattled.
"I heard that the Qingdi Lu Zhuyang scroll is hidden in the Sikong Mansion of Northern Yan Jianyuan, I don't know where the girl found this fragment?"
A gust of wind blew, and the huge picture of a thousand mountains fishing snow on the ground floated slightly, like a silvery white moonlight sprinkled on the ground.
"Sister Xu," Zhao Yan'er asked in a low voice, "you can't steal it, right?" β
"Shut up!" Xu Xi slapped him on the head, "Steal a fart, don't be a pig teammate." β
Hearing the conversation between the two, the fox-faced guys around them all surrounded him, and Xu Xi noticed that each of them was holding a knife in their hands.
"Can the girl explain?" Long Mengxun said, slowly pulled out the golden knife, waved the blade, and the arc-shaped blade was as miserable as the cold moon, "If it is really stolen from the Sikong Mansion, I am afraid that it will not be good to deal with it in the next year." β
Xu Xi suddenly pounced, Long Mengxun was stunned, he didn't expect her to meet his blade directly. was about to retract it immediately, but Xu Xi drew his knife to block the blade and hit the ground.
"Go down!" Xu Xi kicked Zhao Yan'er forward fiercely, "Go find your father, don't come over again!" β
"Sister Xu!" Zhao Yan'er was stunned for a while, and finally ran down the stairs with tears in her eyes. The intersection was blocked by Long Mengxun and Xu Xi, and for a while, no one dared to step forward from those fox-faced guys.
Long Mengxun pushed Xu Xi away fiercely, and the latter held up a somersault on the ground, and actually stopped at the door again.
Both rushed towards each other at the same time.
There were only a few lights left in the long walkway, and the two men swung their knives at each other in the dim light, and the knives slammed open, blasting one spark after another. It didn't take long for the force on the knife to become heavier and heavier, and Xu Xi gradually struggled, and his arm began to go numb.
No, she thought to herself, her sword skills were won by skill, and she really couldn't digest such a big force.