The crescent moon is like a hook, and the night is slightly cool.

Join the army in the West Mansion and listen to the Wind Pavilion.

Xijiangyue gently poured all kinds of petals and spices that Fang had pounded into powder with a jade pestle into a crystal clear cold jade ball, and then buckled the two petals of open silk cold jade in one place, and then carefully placed them in the brocade box on the case.

"It's blue, it's green, and the lights and candles in the room are out." Xijiangyue's sleeves slipped off, revealing her wrist Qingqi, and the cold jade ball in her hand almost blended with her slender fingertips.

"I'll come." Before the two of them walked towards the candle, Mu Yi took the lead.

I saw his left hand into a palm, brushing a few caryophyllus petals on the table, and swept in the direction of the extra lights and candles in the room.

Suddenly, the five wicks were swept away by the delicate caryophyllum petals.

Before he could see his movements, he saw that the lights and candles in the room were instantly extinguished, and the darkness came suddenly.

"Sister, if the wax is extinguished like this, there will be no more smoke smell." Mu Yi's tone was a little proud, like a child waiting for an adult's praise.

Many years ago, when Mu Yi just learned how to transform his body strength into a "shape" with Tsurumi, he often used these methods to extinguish candles or hunt smaller beasts in Wuling Mountain because of his youthful nature and his laziness.

But every time the candle was extinguished in this way, the smoke generated when the lamp was extinguished would make Xi Jiangyue cough again and again, so he never used it again.

Today's battle with Su Changyan made him realize the wonders of the art of imperial objects.

When Xi Jiangyue heard this, she smiled softly, noncommittal.

In the dark night, she lightly opened the brocade box in her hand.

Suddenly, the goose egg-sized cold jade bead emitted light around the body and instantly expelled the darkness in the room, the light was warm and cool like water, and it also carried a faint and cold fragrance, only feeling refreshing.

The blue and green were first surprised by the light of the cold jade beads, and then they learned from Xi Jiangyue's eyes to close slightly, and sniffed the indifferent and distant fragrance of contemplation.

Mu Yi even lay on the table, carefully examining the glowing cold jade bead, only to see that it was smooth and transparent, and there was no trace of texture, only a little red was left in the center, like a cinnabar between the eyebrows of a stunning woman.

After a long time, Xijiang Yue slowly opened her eyes, a pair of black jade clear spring eyes seemed to contain bright stars in the dark, and said softly: "Mu Yi, you go and re-light the candle." The two maids, blue and green, wanted to help, but were stopped by Xi Jiangyue with a raised hand.

Mu Yi undoubtedly had him, and took the fire fold from Youlan's hand, but found that the five candle hearts had been dried by him with the caryophyllum petals, and it took half a day to light the five lights in the room one by one.

Xi Jiangyue slowly closed the brocade box, "Recently, the weather is hot and mosquitoes are everywhere, you go and give this cold jade bead to the second uncle; The second aunt is too weak to see the wind, presumably this thing can repel mosquitoes for her. ”

Seeing this, the blue and green two were shocked, even if they were well-skilled craftsmen in the imperial capital, they might not be able to put this bead together in good condition, and they didn't want their young lady to not only have outstanding appearance and behavior, but also her mind was so exquisite, and her pure filial piety was also a model of a woman in the boudoir.

Mu Yi pursed his lips and twisted his eyebrows, "I'm not going." "Han Yuzhu took her sister nearly a year to do it, and if she wants to send it, she should send it herself, he doesn't want to replace this favor in vain.

"In my sister's heart, even if the second uncle doesn't accept you as a righteous son, we are still each other's brothers and sisters." Xi Jiangyue chuckled, as if she had seen through his careful thoughts, "What's the difference between you giving it and me sending it?" ”

Xijiang Yue said that, she lazily lay on the table, her eyebrows and eyes were tired, and her tone was extremely gentle, which was very different from her cold words and deeds, "Besides, are you really willing to let your sister take so many roads?" ”

The courtyard of Xifu is vast, and it is especially good at artistic conception, so the nine-song corridor between the courtyards is far wider.

"Mu Yi is stupid, he can't say anything about his sister." Mu Yi pursed his lips, his face seemed to be coquettish, where was there still the slightest ruthlessness and decisiveness when he raised his sword to fight Su Changyan at noon.

Xi Jiangyue looked at the candle flame that was gradually burning in front of her, and after sending off the blue and green two, she said: "The old demon crane once mentioned in the book "A Skill of Leisure" - extinguishing the candle with gas, the lamp has its own smoke; If you extinguish the fire with force, it will be smokeless and tasteless. Although the old demon crane does not act in tune, the books he writes are full of words, and he feels that his lips and teeth are fragrant when he reads them, and he has benefited a lot. ”

"Sister, I'm ......" Mu Yi felt guilty when he heard this, he thought that he had a very high level of comprehension and could integrate other people's flower control techniques into his own body, but he didn't want the book written by his master many years ago to include it.

"My sister knows that you don't like to study, but if you want to gather the strengths of a hundred schools, you must have a solid foundation so that you will not be able to go astray." In the past seven years, Xi Jiangyue has read the world's martial arts secrets, although the kung fu between many factions seems to be almost the same, but if you want to compare carefully, it is a small difference, and it is a thousand miles wrong.

Xi Jiangyue raised her hand to gently soften Mu Yi's forehead, and said with a light smile: "Mu Yi is the best qualified martial artist my sister has ever seen, but my sister thinks you can do better." In this way, if she is not there one day, Mu Yi can also protect herself.

Mu Yi nodded heavily, with a serious face, and said, "Sister, Mu Yi will definitely become the number one swordsman in the world." ”

Looking at Mu Yi's figure holding the brocade box gradually melting into the night, Xi Jiangyue gently touched her wrist, and the smile in her eyes became more and more gentle.

After a while, Lan hurriedly came to report, "Miss, Miss Haoyue is here." ”

When the blue voice fell, he saw that Haoyue had already walked to the door, full of worry, and said, "Where did my sister hurt?" When the palanquin man told me about the afternoon, I was really shocked. Her heart was full of fear.

"Sister, don't worry, don't you see that I'm doing well?" Xi Jiangyue took Haoyue's hand and said a lot of thoughtful words to appease her.

When those who don't know see this, they will definitely think that it was Haoyue who was assassinated.

"Just now, I heard people on the road that the housekeeper went to Dali Temple in the afternoon to report the case, saying that the son and the young lady had encountered a sneak attack by a group of gangsters at the foot of Qiyun Mountain, thirty miles outside the imperial capital, and they were able to escape after losing some house slaves who were loyal to their masters."

Xijiang Yue's eyes were suspicious, if it was just a loss of some domestic slaves, there was no need to be so prosperous, it would not be a glorious thing.

Moreover, the imperial capital is the key to Western Chu, and Qiyun Mountain is the first choice for the powerful and wealthy people in the imperial capital to enjoy the summer scenery......

"Along the way, I've been worried that the stunner wants to be unfavorable to you, will it be the people of Qiyun Mountain?"

"It shouldn't be, the imperial capital is divided into three cities, and all of them are heavily guarded, so it is difficult for ordinary people to come in." Xi Jiangyue shook her head lightly, "Besides, Qiyun Mountain is thirty miles away, I have only returned to the imperial capital in recent days, and I only went out of the palace today, and the person who wants to assassinate me is obviously prepared." ”

Afraid that Haoyue would be worried, she didn't tell the truth, Haoyue wanted to ask again, so Xi Jiangyue quietly changed the topic, "Sister, what happened when you just said that the two of them were attacked by someone?" ”

As soon as she said this, Haoyue wanted to speak and stopped, and only said after a while: "Half an hour ago, the people heard that an official who went to Mingyue Tower to drink said that the officials in Dali Temple found nine dead bodies in Qiyun Mountain...... The horrific corpses, in the end, confirmed that they were the slaves who left the house. ”

Death is horrifying?

"How scary?" Xijiang Yue's eyebrows frowned slightly, and her slender fingertips dipped the tea in the cup, and gently crossed the table, which turned out to be a plum blossom mark.

"Eight male corpses were stripped of their skins, and one female corpse had ten fingernails intact...... Tick. Haoyue finished speaking, only to feel that the hair around her body stood on end, and she hurriedly took a sip of tea before continuing: "I heard that the female corpse has a short knife in her mouth, and her tongue is still ...... It was also branded with a plum blossom. ”