Yun'an City is ten miles away, Guantou Town.

Wearing a white hat, Xuanji Zhenren sat in a restaurant in the town, with a pot of wine in front of her, pouring herself a drink, and sometimes glancing at the carriages and horses in the town.

Guantou Town is the main road by land, and most of the small businessmen who come and go are small merchants with little amount of goods, because the road into Beijing is quite crowded, most of the people are unloading and handing over here, and the warehouses of many wealthy merchants in the city are also around Guantou Town, which can be regarded as a place where dragons and snakes are mixed.

At this time, there were six or seven carriages parked in the compound, covered with tarpaulin, and the outline of the barrel could be vaguely seen, and a faint fragrance of sauce could be smelled in the air.

After handing over the shift with the Night Terror Hall last night, Xuanji Zhenren followed the guidance and went to the vicinity of the riverbank wharf, but it didn't take long to find that a group of people appeared near the merchant ship, loaded the barrels into the carriage, and came to Guantou Town.

Because the people who came were all mediocre pawns in martial arts, and there were no main characters present, Xuanji Zhenren followed all the way, waiting for the rabbit here, waiting for the vine to touch the melon.

But after staring here all night, without waiting for the other party's leader to come over and hand over, Xuanji Zhenren was attracted by the sound of a bell.

Jingle ~ Jingle ~

The sound of the bell is very crisp, and the shaking speed is unhurried, which is very different from the horse bell.

Xuanji Zhenren had been to the sandbank, and when he heard the sound, he knew that it was a camel bell, and when he looked at the entrance of the town, he saw a caravan coming from the road.

The caravan was not large, consisting of six camels, with bags hanging on either side of the hump, and inside were cargo covered with tarpaulins.

There were five and four people in the caravan, all dressed on the sandbank, wearing loose robes for sun protection, and scarves on their heads, looking dusty.

The capital is a collection of treasures from all over the world, and the merchants of the sandbank are not uncommon, because the blankets and colorful embroidery over there are famous for their beauty and splendor, and they are quite popular with the prince's house, and the goods are quite popular.

However, what attracted the attention of Xuanji's real person was not the goods carried by the camel, but the woman on the first big camel.

The woman's face is covered with a red scarf exposed to the wind and sand, and her body is a loose long skirt with red gauze on a yellow background, and her long black hair is wearing glass and jade, and she is braided with a few small braids on her head, which looks gorgeous and a little wild, and her exposed eyes are very bright, and her skin is quite fair.

The woman seemed to be the leader of the caravan, and when she saw the merchant coming over to talk, she began to negotiate smoothly:

"It's all medicinal herbs, 30-year-old snow ginseng, and cordyceps ......"

"Is there a sandbar iron yam?"

"Go aside!"

"Hehehe......"

……

Seeing such an exotic beauty, Xuanji's eyes lit up slightly, and after opening the curtain and taking a closer look, she quietly got up and went out.

The camel caravan stopped on the old street of the town, and saw the lively merchants inside and outside the three floors, asking east and west, but few really paid for it.

The red-gauze woman who led the caravan probably also saw that this group of idlers came purely to see the exotic beauties, and they didn't bother to sell the goods anymore, and after driving the people away, they settled in an inn in the town.

When her men had unloaded the goods from the camels, the Red Veil Lady and a member of the caravan came to a room on the second floor, and said:

"Lao Jiu, do you have any acquaintances here in Yun'an?"

The middle-aged man in the back took off his headscarf, revealing a rather warm face, looking like a big shopkeeper who has been wandering in the business field all the year round, but his eyes are shining, and he is obviously a martial artist.

Hearing the woman's inquiry, the middle-aged man who was called Lao Jiu responded:

"There are few forces in the rivers and lakes in Yunzhou, and there is no contact with outside the customs, so I am afraid that acquaintances are difficult to find. Zheng Kun of the Hongshan Gang is quite familiar with me, and it is said that he is also in Yun'an, but he is in prison, so he should not be able to contact ......"

"Then find a way to inquire, the sword is so famous, I don't believe that the people of the capital don't know anything about it."

"Understand ......"

After the woman in the red veil had left, she closed the door, breathed a sigh of relief, removed the veil from her face, sat down at the table, opened the teacup and removed the water bladder from her waist, wanting to drink saliva and rest.

But as soon as the water was halfway there, the red gauze woman noticed that something was wrong, and the pouring action did not stop, and her hand touched her waist.

Hula-

At this time, the door behind the room was blown open and closed by the wind.

A ghostly white shadow flashed into the room at an alarming speed, and slammed into the back of the red-gauzed woman.

The red gauze woman's eyes changed suddenly, holding three silver needles in her hand, and she wanted to throw them behind her back, but as soon as her arm was raised, she was grabbed, and then twisted it behind her back, and her back was pressed and she lay directly on the table.

Plop –

The red-gauze woman stepped forward hard, but she couldn't break free, her eyes couldn't help showing anger, and she wanted to say hysterically: "Demon girl, you are endless!" But the words came to his lips and he swallowed them back, turning into frightened cowardice:

"Heroes spare their lives! I'll give you everything, don't kill me......"

Xuanji Zhenren twisted her white left hand back, pressed the woman on the table with her elbow, touched her hand along her willow-like waist, took off the dagger and poisonous needle, and threw it into the distance, with a demonic tone:

"Oh? Really give everything? ”

The red gauze woman's eyes were full of confusion, and she turned her head slightly:

"Woman, I'm a serious businessman, and I don't know you, are you looking for the wrong person?"

"You are a serious businessman, and I am not a serious person, look at your beauty, you are here to rob you."

Xuanji's real figure lowered a few points, his hand slid down his waist and abdomen to search his body, and pinched the place that he couldn't hold with one hand:

"Female donor, are you interested in cooperating, or do you resist first and then cooperate, huh?"

The red woman had goosebumps all over her body and twisted her shoulders hard:

"You madman, I don't know you......"

Xuanji Zhenren didn't bother to listen, she just pressed the red gauze woman and searched her back and forth, because she was now in charge, she couldn't make any mistakes, so she didn't give any chance, and cautiously unloaded all the objects of all kinds of yin people, and casually joked:

"Slender waist and plump buttocks and beautiful shoulders, it is easy to give birth and raise at a glance, if it is thrown into the dungeon of the Black Ya and falls into the hands of the Night Great Yama, I don't dare to think about what will happen......"

The red gauze woman wanted to fight back, but she never found a chance, so she couldn't bear it anymore and turned her head hard:

"Demon girl, you're not done, are you? I already spared you once last time, and I explained it to you clearly, what do you mean by chasing me to bite? ”

After searching his body, Xuanji Zhenren tied his hands with the cloth of the belt:

"One yard to one yard. I really didn't chase you last time, but this time you sent it to the door yourself, and you were ready to find out the news of the high-ranking officials of the black government, who will I not arrest? ”

The red-gauze woman's expression was calm: "What about me inquiring about the contemporary sword leader?" Is it illegal? He is a high-ranking official of the Great Wei Yamen, can I come to the capital to sue the emperor? ”

“……”

Xuanji Zhenren blinked, feeling that it seemed to make sense, so he stopped his movements, sat down in front of him instead, and took a sip of the wine gourd:

"The Xihai tribes are not under the control of Great Wei, if you want to sue the imperial court, you should go to Yanjing, what's the use of running away from Yun'an?"

"My Xihai tribes were looted by the Northern Liang, and it would be useful for me to go over there to sue the emperor? The Night Terror Hall is a high-ranking official of the Great Wei, and you Great Wei said that the whole world is not the king's land......"

"Alright."

Xuanji Zhenren put down the wine gourd, didn't talk nonsense anymore, and his face was a little more serious:

"Don't talk about these things that you don't have. For the sake of beating you for more than half a year, I'll give you a chance to tell the truth honestly. Recently, the capital is not peaceful, the imperial court is searching for traitors, you are running at this time, the suspicion is very big, if you don't explain your identity, origin, and purpose clearly, even if I am merciful, I still have to send you to be tortured. I'm still good at talking, if you don't cherish it and are sent to the hands of the Night Yama King, he won't let you go if you cut your throat......"

The red woman felt that this demon girl was much more serious than before, and it seemed that she really wanted to use rough torture to extract a confession.

"I'm upright, what can't I say? My surname is Qinghe, and I am the Zhuzong of the Winter Underworld, and you can find these in the Great Wei Imperial Court. I traveled in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, looking for things left by the former Northwest Royal Court, and the name of 'Thief Saint' was the dirty water that the Jianghu people poured on me, and I didn't steal anything.

"Last time I was in Wuzhou, I went to Zhang Jinglin to ask for the recipe of Tianlangzhu, and as for Tianlangzhu, I told you last time. On the day I got the prescription, I found that Night Terror, that is, the contemporary sword kui, was not only fine with Tianlang Pearl, but also greatly increased his skills. I told the old man in the clan about this, and the old man said that it might be that the Night Terror Hall has a special body, so let me come over and find a way to invite the Night Terror Hall to the Winter Hades as a guest......"

"Please?"

Xuanji Zhenren frowned and said, "Are you sure you didn't rob the people's men, tie up the Night Terror Hall back to study, or be the prince of the village?" ”

Fan Qinghe was a little annoyed: "Your Great Wei's sword leader, how can I tie it?" ”

"Beauty trick, you have so many means, even I can put it down, isn't it easy to kidnap a man?"

“……”

Fan Qinghe opened his mouth and replied:

"What does this have to do with you? I don't care what method I use to invite him, as long as he voluntarily comes with me, can you handle it? ”

Xuanji Zhenren shook his head: "The Night Terror Hall is the martial leader of my Great Wei, and he holds an important official position, and he goes out to the Xihai tribes full of backbones, in case you unscrupulously win him over and promote him as the leader, and pull the Tianlang Iron Cavalry up, won't we find guilt for ourselves?" Don't even think about it, take someone back now, I can treat it as if I haven't seen you, if I dare to approach the Night Terror Hall without permission, I will be punished as a spy of the enemy country. ”

Fan Qinghe took a breath and raised his hand:

"Okay. You untie me and I'll go back now. ”

Xuanji is really not stupid, knowing that she dares to run away from this clever ghost, she doesn't have the energy to guard against it all the time, and after thinking about it for a while, she wants to carry Fan Qinghe up.

"What do you do? Where are you taking me? ”

"Take you to the black dungeon, lock you up for a month first, and then escort you out of the customs when I'm done."

？

Although Fan Qinghe is a person outside the gate, she runs around all the year round, but she has heard the reputation of the black dungeon for entering and not leaving, she struggled:

"I didn't commit any crimes, why should you lock me up? Can't you just drive me away? ”

"I've been busy lately, so I don't have time."

"What are you busy with, you can abuse lynching and don't even care about morality?"

Xuanji Zhenren paused, thought about it, and sat down again:

"I'm busy checking a batch of black feather grass of unknown origin. I remember that the black feather grass is produced in the Western Sea and southern Xinjiang, and the Winter Hades are famous for their witchcraft, and you are the king of the Winter Hades......"

"It's Zhu Zong!"

"Okay, Zhu Zong. Do you know the origin of this batch of black feather grass? ”

Fan Qinghe thought about it, and didn't hide it:

"Last month, a group of wealthy financiers of unknown origin went to the four major departments of the West Sea to buy medicinal materials, and they didn't want strong poisons, only blackfeather grass, which is a relatively rare and toxic hallucinogenic drug.

"The smell of black feather grass is very strong, and if the master smells wrong, he will hold his breath and will not be affected too much, while ordinary people are easy to be tricked. I suspect that they bought this thing in large quantities to harm the civilians, so they didn't sell it, and in the end, those people bought the medicinal materials in the Xuanhao Ministry, all of which were boiled, and I heard that there were more than 1,000 catties, and the inventory of the Xuanhao Ministry was all bought......"

Xuanji Zhenren nodded, and asked again, "Have you ever touched the identity of the other party?" ”

Fan Qinghe shook his head: "All our departments in the West Sea talk about credibility, and we never ask where businessmen come and go, and we haven't done any business, so how can I have the leisure to check these." Well...... But there seemed to be a sick person in that group. ”

"Patient?"

"Yes, it's a very special disease, there are bone spurs on the body, which directly pierce the skin and flesh and expose it, which is miserable. I was not there at the time, and the old man in the clan saw that there was no cure, and only prescribed some drugs to forcibly relieve pain, so that the person could live more comfortably before he died......"

"Bone spur ......"

Xuanji Zhenren had heard of diseases such as 'osteophytes', but it was the first time that the pierced flesh was exposed, and he just nodded lightly when he thought about it.

After Fan Qinghe finished speaking, he twisted his body and sat up:

"I've confessed everything I know, can you let me go now?"

Xuanji Zhenren frowned slightly, inexplicably:

"I told you to let you go after you explained the situation?"

"You?!"

Xuanji Zhenren raised his hand to stop the words, thought for a while, and said:

"Don't you want to study Tianlang Zhu. Zhang Jinglin has studied for many years, and he must have more experience than you, I will give you a chance to ask Zhang Jinglin for advice, and you will stay honest these days. If you don't obey ......"

Xuanji Zhenren's wrist flipped lightly, took out three golden needles, and aimed at Fan Qinghe's buttocks:

"As long as I am caught, I will give you a few stitches, so that you will not be able to return to the Xihai Tribes in this life, and you will marry the prince as a concubine here."

Fan Qinghe didn't believe this nonsense at all, but said:

"I can be obedient, and I can help you if you have any trouble, but you have to let me see the night terror afterwards."

Xuanji Zhenren shook his head decisively: "Don't even think about persuading me to defect from Great Wei Dongliang." But afterwards, I can find a way to let the imperial court open a convenient door, and from now on, the pass will not be stuck in your caravan of the Winter Hades. ”

Fan Qinghe blinked, but he was a little moved, after all, although the northern and southern dynasties traded, but due to historical reasons, the Xihai tribes were not considered people at both ends, and they wanted to eat and take cards everywhere, and now most of the daily necessities such as salt, grain, cloth and so on are smuggled.

"Are you sure you can talk?"

"Every time you lie to me, I say I'll beat you, when did I lie to you?"

“……”

——

Yutan Villa.

In the afternoon, in the large garden in the villa, more than 20 heroic palace maids, divided into red and black teams, kicked rattan balls on the grass.

The empress likes to play football very much on weekdays, but now she is unwell and can't go into battle in person, so she still soaks in the dragon washing pool and reads miscellaneous books. The ball game is that the Queen Mother is bored, taking advantage of the cool autumn weather, and taking her palace maid to play with the East.

Dongfang Liren has been playing with his sister since he was a child, and his skills are quite good, because there are very few opportunities for this kind of killing, and he must have brought the night terrors who patrolled in the villa.

Night Terror Hall is not good at bullying women, and he hasn't kicked much, so he stands outside the field with Bird Bird dutifully and watches the ball carefully.

Because the empress has always been open, the dress requirements for the palace maid are not so old-fashioned, and there are no other men in the back of the villa, and the palace maid who often plays football with the empress in the palace can be described as quite unrestrained - the skirt with high slits on both sides is paired with a short-sleeved top, and the shy one will put a pair of trousers inside, and the one who is too hot is directly the bow pants, and the running is basically full of thighs.

Dongfang is more formal, and he wears a black suit to play football, and he doesn't show his flesh much, but he has no choice but to have too strong capital in his clothes, and he is already very oppressive when he stands.

And the Queen Mother is petite and delicate, and she looks weak on weekdays, but when she arrived on the court, she was unexpectedly dexterous, wearing a crimson close-fitting dress, and moving around the crowd with a rattan ball, her posture was quite smart, just like a girl in her cardamom years.

However, the Queen Mother is not a girl after all, she is not tall, but her figure is quite mature, and the impact after running is not lost at all.

Night Terror stood straight outside the field and watched the ball for a long time, but he couldn't notice what the score was, which was due to on-field interference, but it was more about worrying about external affairs.

At noon, the bird flew over, and according to the description of the wings, it should have been opened, and Ning'er let him pass.

Night Terror Hall really wanted to see what was left behind in the previous dynasty, but Fairy Lu was gone, Yuhu was lying on his bed sick and didn't want to get up, and if he left Yutan Villa, there was no one who could carry the beam, so he could only wait here, and at the same time, he was also a little worried about the safety of Xuanji Zhenren.

Fortunately, after waiting for most of the day, the figure of the fairy appeared outside the villa again.

Seeing this, Night Terror greeted the stupid man who was playing football, and then walked quickly to the outskirts of the villa and asked:

"Why did you come back so late and encounter a special situation?"

Xuanji Zhenren has indeed encountered a special situation, but she has not yet figured out the exact intentions of the Northern Liang Thief Saint, and it is not easy to say these things at present, but she responded:

"The goods were transported to the carriage and horse shop in Guantou Town, and no leader showed up at the end of the day, and I couldn't figure out how many masters there were under the son of King Yan, it should be the matter of the river thieves yesterday, which made King Yan Shizi alert. Judging from the approximate news obtained so far, the prince of Yan Wang should have sent someone to purchase medicinal materials from the Xihai tribes, the quantity is quite large, and it is estimated that there are other Qimen medicines; There is a very special person under him, who has bone spurs on his body, which I suspect is caused by the imbalance of the jade bone diagram without permission. However, this is just speculation, and you will continue to investigate and rely on your own judgment. ”

Night Terror blinked, full of surprise: "Where did you come from to these conclusions?" ”

"Information from acquaintances on the other side of the Western Sea Tribes."

When Xuanji Zhenren said this, he thought about it and said:

"If you want to deduce the dragon map by yourself, you normally need a picture as an introduction, if nothing else, the dragon elephant map that was stolen after the city was broken is in the hands of King Yan, and King Yan relies on these to support the masters of the rivers and lakes for his own use. If you encounter an opponent, pay more attention to this aspect, Minglongtu doesn't pay attention to common sense, don't capsize in the gutter. ”

"Dragon Elephant ......"

Night Terror Hall blinked, and suddenly had a little speculation about the origin of his dragon elephant diagram, but the diagram was in his hands, these were all irrelevant moments, and he didn't say much at the moment, after seeing Xuanji Zhenren return to the garden where the ball game was being held, he set off with the bird and came to the foot of the mountain first.

Since she became a crazy girl last night, she has been recuperating in Mrs. Wang's courtyard, and she has recovered in the morning, because she didn't dare to go up the mountain because of her special status, and she waited obediently at the bottom of the mountain for most of the day.

At this time, in the courtyard where Imperial Physician Wang temporarily lived, Mrs. Wang was teaching the ladies who had rushed from the capital.

And in the courtyard, the snow-white haired Imperial Physician Wang was playing health boxing in the courtyard with an elegant environment, and he said:

"The old man's boxing method is the first of the fist and foot methods in the world, although it can't hit people, but it can make you live longer. Whether it is his three immortals or eight kui, it is just a passing cloud, and it is the real ability to live to the end when he walks the rivers and lakes......"

Zhe Yunli wore a waist-length skirt, practiced slowly, and learned quite seriously.

Seeing the Night Terror Hall coming in from outside the door, Zhe Yunli gathered his strength and stood up straight:

"Surprise cousin, you're here."

"Hmm."

Night Terror Hall first greeted Old Lady Wang for a few words, and then walked out of the door with Zhe Yunli and asked:

"How's your body?"

Zhe Yunli patted her chest, which was already a little girly:

"It's been around for a long time. Anyway, the black feather grass is so strong, I don't remember what I did last night......"

Night Terror Hall felt that Xiao Yunli remembered it completely, but it was not broken, and after walking out of the gate of Yutan Villa together, he galloped away along the official road and continued to be busy with the case of the prince of Yan.

Because he was afraid that the interval would be too long, resulting in missing important clues, the Night Terror Hall first came to the vicinity of the carriage and horse shop in Guantou Town for the first time, and asked Bird Bird and Yunli to keep an eye on them with binoculars in the distance, so that he could catch the nest hidden by the master under the command of the Prince of Yan, and he hurried back to Beijing and came to the imperial city.

——

Inside the Imperial City, outside the Cheng'an Palace.

Since the organ was opened, Luo Ning and Pei Xiangjun waited in the garden for the night terror hall to come back, because they waited a little long, for fear that the organ would be discovered by the palace people, the two took out the various files inside, put them in the temporary room, closed the mechanism again, and disposed of the lawn, so as not to be seen as abnormal.

Night Terror Hall hurried back to the outside of the Cheng'an Palace, and Luo Ning walked over with a few pieces of paper:

"The mechanism is opened, and the general information in it, I sorted it out, and it's not too important, you can take a look."

Night Terror Hall took the paper and looked at the handwriting on it:

"Girder...... Northwest Royal Court ...... Delay Department ...... Treasure...... That's it? ”

Luo Ning shrugged slightly: "The news that has been outdated before Jiazi is completely useless, I don't feel like anything if I send Bai Jin over to pay the errand." ”

Night Terror Hall took the paper and looked at it carefully, then took the pendant with five beads and looked at it, and thought for a while:

"Only I can use Tianlang Pearl, and I haven't been surrounded and suppressed for decades, so I feel that it probably has something to do with me. I'll keep this bead for now, and as for the rest of the news...... Well...... You press it first, and send it to Pingtianjiao now, you have no reason to stay in the capital. ”

Luo Ning wanted to nod and agree, but after thinking about it, he said:

"With such a change of tricks in the capital, Bai Jin will notice something strange sooner or later, you ...... You have to think of a way to solve this problem once and for all. ”

"Got it, I'll finish my current affairs and find a way to get rid of the Pingtian Sect Master. If it's a big deal, I confessed in private, and I admitted that I was beaten. ”

Night Terror Hall put down his things, leaned over and tapped on Luo Ning's lips, and ran into the water pavilion to sip on Sanniang, who was meditating, and then set off again, rushing out of the city......

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Thank you for the reward of the alliance leader of the [Drunken Gold Fan]!

(End of chapter)