Chapter 15: The Storm and the Storm
The guy led the two of them upstairs, the first and second floors of Xiao Qin Building were open, and the third floor went up to the private room.
"Please ...... the two inside" The guy looked flattering, pushed open the door of a room called "Butterfly Love Flower", and saw that the ground in the room was surrounded by a thin layer of mist, sometimes transforming into the appearance of butterflies, flying all over the house.
What a strong spiritual power!
The two glanced at each other and walked in cautiously.
This private room is simply furnished, unlike the luxurious style that Xiao Qinlou is used to, and the tables and chairs are also made of plain wood, carved with delicate flowers.
"What a butterfly love flowers...... Yun Xiao looked at everything in front of her in amazement, and said, "My room with Tianche is on the top floor, even the bed is gold and jade, there is no need to light candles at night, there is a night pearl on the table, and the whole house is bright when the curtain is opened. ”
"Don't be careless. Xiao Qianye reminded in a low voice, and there was a knock outside the door, followed by the voice of the landlord, "Two, may I come in?"
Xiao Qianye made a boo gesture to Yun Xiao and opened the door.
In just a while, the landlord had already changed his clothes, he held the glass ball in his hand, walked to the desk, took out a wooden shelf, and put the glass ball on it.
"The girl seems to be very interested in this thing?" he didn't recognize at all, and beckoned to Yunxiao, "Come, you come here." ”
Yun Xiao walked over suspiciously, the landlord smiled, stroked the glass ball with both hands, and with his movements, the ball began to grow larger!
After a while, the small glass ball became a man's height, like a large fish tank, and the landlord gently held it up and lowered it to the ground.
The merfolk inside the ball still kept shouting, but the sound was still cut off.
It was a beautiful mermaid girl, bounded by the waist, the upper body was a beautiful girl, her hair showed a stunning blue and white gradient from top to bottom, and a pair of equally blue eyes, and the lower body was a beautiful fish tail, although she was injured, she still couldn't hide that gorgeous color.
"How can she come out?" Obviously feeling the pain of the mermaid in the ball, Yun Xiao couldn't bear it, and hurriedly asked, "You did this spell?"
The landlord shook his head slightly: "This thing was given to me by a passing guest a few days ago, because he couldn't afford to pay for the room, so he took this mermaid to arrive, and it was already like this when I gave it to me, as for what kind of spell he used, I don't know, that person seems to be in the market, if the girl wants to save this mermaid, I'm afraid she has to go to the market to find its original owner." ”
Yun Xiao put her hand on the ball, and a layer of strange spiritual power surrounded the periphery of the sphere, and it was this layer of spiritual power that wrapped into a sphere and trapped the mermaid inside.
She frowned, this layer of spiritual power was extremely special, and there were at least three layers, which were isolated from sound, light, and temperature.
If that's the case, the mermaid inside should be in a dark, cold, and silent horror world right now!
"I can give it to you. The landlord shook his hand, and the glass ball returned to its original size, "It's a little compensation for my men's rudeness just now, please ...... The Pavilion Master accepted it. ”
"You obviously deliberately found someone to stop me, where is the rudeness?" Xiao Qianye simply took off his mask and revealed his true face.
The landlord lowered his head and smiled, neither refuting nor replying.
"Who are you?" Xiao Qianye knew that the other party was an understanding person, and said straight to the point, "A guest room on the top of the ninth floor of Xiao Qin Tower, let alone a thousand taels of silver for one night, right?
"Hehe......" The landlord kept silent, stretched out his index finger and put it on his lips, and shook it from side to side.
"Isn't it the Mirror Pavilion?" Xiao Qianye then asked, "Is that the Wind Demon?"
As soon as these two words came out, the eyes of the owner of Xiao Qinlou sank.
"The Wind Demon is a wanted criminal in the imperial capital, and it is a felony to hide it privately. ”
"It's more important for the Young Pavilion Master to hunt down the two Lingyin Clan fugitives first. The landlord replied lightly, not afraid at all.
"You know exactly where I'm now. Xiao Qianye snorted coldly, the other party beckoned to the two of them, and set up the tea set to entertain them, "The two are the distinguished guests of my master, the host has long been instructed to be well received, come, drink a cup of tea and rest first, this is the tea produced in the East Underworld, which only produces five catties a year, and it is a special thing for the royal family......"
Xiao Qianye took the tea quietly, only to see that the tea was a rare blue, and only one piece of tea was placed.
He shook the teacup slightly, and there was a crisp chime ringing from inside.
"Miaoyin Tea ......" Xiao Qianye raised his eyes impressively, and the landlord nodded and motioned for him to taste it.
The Miaoyin Tree is an ancient tree that lives in the East Mirror of the Underworld, and it is said that the wind blowing through its branches will make a wonderful sound of a hundred musical instruments in unison, and Buddhist disciples will chant the Buddha under the tree, hence the name Miaoyin Tree.
Its leaves are extremely rare, and as soon as they leave the branches, they will die within a while, so it requires a special process to make it into tea.
Miaoyin tea is an annual tribute to the royal family, and Emperor Tianquan will also distribute it to his powerful courtiers as a reward.
"Is the landlord hinting at me?" Xiao Qianye took a sip quietly and looked directly at the landlord of Xiao Qin Tower, "Miaoyin tea is a royal thing, you can get this kind of thing...... The owner of the landlord can't be a member of the royal family, right?"
"It's good that the young pavilion master knows it. The landlord didn't raise his eyes, and then took a sip of tea.
Xiao Qianye's heart sank violently, and although he tried his best to restrain his emotions, the hand holding the teacup still couldn't control his trembling slightly.
Behind Xiao Qin Tower, there is not only the Mirror Pavilion, but even the high-level of the royal family...... And this unidentified royal family has something to do with the wind demon!
It's no wonder that the Wind Demon has been at large for so many years in the Flying Walls, and if the royal family intervenes, everything becomes reasonable.
"The girl also tastes it, this is something that is not available in the Central Plains. The landlord poured Yun Xiao a cup and pushed it in front of her, "Did you make a noise about you resting last night?" Please forgive me, when this time is over, I will ask people to get some soundproofing things upstairs, and the next time I come, it won't be so noisy." ”
Yun Xiao waved her hand awkwardly, and whispered: "I can't afford to live in your restaurant, how can there be any next time, we will move out when the senior brother comes back......"
"The landlord shouldn't be courteous and courteous, isn't it good to have something to say?" Xiao Qianye interrupted him and said unhappily, "You pretended that Mrs. Ming Qi sent a letter to Kunlun Mountain, deceived Tianche and Ah Xiao to Feiyuan, and used the two-headed goldfinch to attack them, let them fall into the Charm Mountain, and then lure me to find someone, what is the purpose of your troubles?"
"This ...... I have no right to tell you. The landlord waved his hand, "When the time is right, my master will naturally explain it clearly, but please believe that my master does not want to hurt you, nor will he hurt your fellow disciples, and will even help you." ”
"Help me?"
"Didn't the Young Pavilion Master already get the invitation to the Mirage?"
"...... you" Xiao Qianye looked at him in disbelief, he actually knew about the invitation?
Eldest brother...... Xiao Yibai really has something to do with the wind demon!
"The giant turtle will dock at dusk, as long as there is an invitation to enter the interior of the market, but the mirage is mixed, the owner of the building is also new this year, the origin is unknown, the identity is unknown, if you go in, you must be careful. ”
The original owner of the mirage died in a shipwreck after last year's carnival, and the person who now takes over the mirage is indeed new.
How can a person who lives at sea every day be shipwrecked?
Don't you start planning some conspiracy a year ago, right?
He secretly glanced at the landlord, and sure enough, the landlord was also thoughtful, as if he was thinking about something.
He retracted his gaze and coughed lightly, and the landlord came back to his senses and hurriedly set out the tea set.
Xiao Qianye straightened his clothes, put on his mask again, and put back the tea bowl in his hand: "I'll come back when your master is willing to show up, but before that, I still want to ask more-is your purpose the Lingyin Clan or ......?"
He didn't say any more, but the landlord already understood: "Young Pavilion Master, rest assured, my master's purpose is behind the fugitives of the Lingyin clan...... The real man behind the scenes. ”
"Let's go, Ah Xiao. He pulled up Yunxiao and didn't stay any longer.
"Wait......" The landlord hurriedly called out to the two of them, "This glass bead will be given to Miss Yunxiao, if you can find its original owner one day, maybe you can save her." ”
Yun Xiao took the glass beads from his hand and nodded.
The owner of the Xiao Qin Mansion took a step back politely, made a concession salute, and said: "Stopping the boat in Xiajiang, it is the lord of the Qin Tower in the imperial capital and the Xiao Qin Tower in the North Shore City. ”
"Then thank you for the kindness of the landlord. Xiao Qianye was just a polite return gift, and pulled Yunxiao upstairs.
The fifth floor of Xiao Qin Building is the guest room, because of the high price, most of the people who can live in it are big money owners and wealthy businessmen, and the top floor of the ninth floor actually has only five rooms, in addition to being rich, you must also have a prominent identity.
In addition to Tianche and Yunxiao's, there are still three of these five rooms.
Xiao Qianye observed carefully - the innermost one should be the landlord's, so who lived in the other two rooms?
Yun Xiao knocked on the outermost room, but no one responded, she shook her head: "Qianye, senior brother hasn't come back yet." ”
"You wait here for him to come back, don't run around. Xiao Qianye nodded, but his hand was already pressed on the door next door.
"Don't ......" Yun Xiao hurriedly dragged him back and scolded him in a low voice, "Don't move, I don't know who lives inside!
He looked carefully in the direction of Yun Xiao's finger, there were a few thin, imperceptible spider silks on the door, but as long as he pushed the door open, it would inevitably tear off these spider silks.
"It wasn't this one last night. She carefully reminded, "But when I went out in the morning, this door has always been like this, which means that the people inside went out last night and have not come out since they came back." ”
"Well, be careful, stay away from them. Xiao Qianye knew that he couldn't startle the snake, so he could only stand still.
"Qianye, you come in, I'll show you something. Yun Xiao walked into the room and beckoned to him.
Xiao Qianye hurriedly shook his head and muttered in a low voice: "I'm just sending you back, since the landlord has said that it won't hurt you, I'll go back, what's more, it's not good for me to go in......
"But when you were a child, you told me to get up and practice swords, but you never knocked on the door!"
"It's not...... I was young and ignorant at the time, but now I ......."
"Come in!" Before he could finish speaking, Yun Xiao had already pulled him into the door, took out the invitation from the mirage, and asked, "This is the invitation that the landlord said just now, right?"
"Where did you get that?" he was taken aback and hurriedly snatched it.
"It's a big mouse...... The big rabbit sent it to me. ”
"Rabbit?" Xiao Qianye was puzzled, what was really going on in the city when Tianzheng Bird followed her, could it be that time?
"The vine demon was controlled by a spell, and it chased me to the city and went crazy in the streets!"
Yun Xiao withdrew the invitation from his hand, saw that his expression was wrong, and continued: "That big rabbit said that he was a traveling rabbit clan, and he had been helped by the vine demon, and he gave this thing to me in order to thank me for saving the vine demon." ”
He still didn't speak, his eyes were complicated, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Qianye?" Yun Xiao shook him, "Tell me honestly, do you have this thing too?"
He nodded, took out an identical invitation letter from his arms, and sighed: "Ah Xiao, let me tell you the truth, Tianche's younger brother is now in a mirage, I want to borrow this invitation to sneak in and arrest people, since you also have a copy in your hand, then you can tell him the whereabouts of his brother, this is the biggest concession I can make." ”
He was obviously embarrassed when he spoke, and regardless of the fact that this was a girl's room, he just poured himself a glass of water and drank it all.
"If he returns, give it to him. Xiao Qianye then added, pressing the door of his head that had a headache, "Maybe this is destined by God, I thought he wouldn't be able to enter the mirage, and naturally he couldn't rob me of people, but you actually got an invitation...... I am the master of the military pavilion, I can't show favoritism for him, Ah Xiao, don't blame me for not being merciful. ”
"Are you going to rob someone in the mirage?" Yun Xiao rushed over nervously and grabbed his hand, "Is there really no other way?
"Don't meddle. Xiao Qianye looked at her eyes seriously, "I don't want you to be embarrassed, when I was in Kunlun Mountain, Tianche kept a distance from me, and I was afraid that one day I would meet each other, but this has nothing to do with you." ”
"Then you take me with you......" She grabbed him unrelentingly, begging, "I, I promise not to interfere in your affairs, I have learned a little medical skills, it was taught by Qingqiu Zhenren himself, you take me with you, in case you are injured, I can ......"
"An invitation letter can only enter one person, you come in with me, what should Tianche do?" Xiao Qianye interrupted her, seeing that she was at a loss for what to do, she said, "You just stay here honestly, and don't provoke those people next door, and when the matter in North Shore City is over, you will go back to Kunlun, and never come to Feiyuan again." ”
"I'm here to find you!" her tone suddenly rose, and she shook off his hand and stood up suddenly, "Do you understand that I am here to find you!"
"Ah Xiao......" He screamed in a daze, only to see Yun Xiao's face full of grievances, as if she was enduring some great pain, and tears suddenly appeared in her eyes.
It's been eight years, and it's been eight years since he came back.
He had never heard from him, never sent a letter, and never even asked Mrs. Ming Qi to bring her a word.
He was silent, as if he had completely disappeared from her world.
He didn't understand what terrible changes had taken place in his body in the past eight years!
"You look at me. Yun Xiao suddenly looked at him directly, as if she had changed, she turned her back and unbuttoned her shirt.
“......”
Xiao Qianye was speechless in shock, froze in place, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
On her snow-white back, fiery red feathers grew chaotically, and even visible flames burned silently.
Yun Xiao stretched out her hand, gritted her teeth and tore off one, only to see that the feather quickly ignited on her hand, and disappeared into smoke in an instant.
She got dressed silently and looked back at Xiao Qianye again: "This is what started to grow after you left eight years ago, although it will burn when it grows on me, but there is no temperature, and it will not burn the clothes, but once it is pulled off, it will disappear like you just saw......
"Eight years ago......" Xiao Qianye looked stunned, and remembered the broken memory eight years ago.