Chapter 21: Regenerative Variables
After noon, Xiao Qinlou became more and more noisy, and more and more people gathered in the lobby, Xiao Qianye sat like pins and needles, pushed open the window to check the situation on the street, and suddenly his eyes shrank, and his brows furrowed.
There are only two main roads in North Shore City, Xuanwu Avenue runs through the east and west of North Shore City, connecting the most prosperous commercial street in North Shore City, and the north-south direction is Suzaku Avenue connecting Yudu and Enchanting Mountain.
The purple-gold military uniform, as if to set off the current Mingze Dynasty, is the unique uniform of the forbidden army.
The forbidden army was still a day and a half away from the deadline for arresting the fugitives, and the forbidden army actually entered the city ahead of schedule?
Xiao Qianye's face is pale, the north shore city is located on the coast of Yudu, it is a long and narrow coastal city, in fact, in addition to the prosperous central city, there are various affiliated counties of the stars around it, the jurisdiction of the military pavilion is only the central city, and the surrounding counties are handed over to the second detachment of the forbidden army, as early as a few days ago, the second team of the imperial capital forbidden army on standby there has begun to assemble, and then prepare to enter the city to hand over the pursuit task of the military pavilion.
The forbidden army is not qualified to enter the city in advance, and the original captain of the second team, a small second team leader, would not dare to trespass like this no matter what.
Wrong...... He suddenly remembered something, there seemed to be a personnel adjustment in several detachments of the forbidden army last month, and the governor of the forbidden army, Gao Chengchuan, unified several of his nephews into his posts, and the captain of the original second team should have also changed.
If it is a person from Gao Chengchuan, then regardless of the rank and rank, it is not uncommon to swagger through the city in advance and swagger into the city.
"I'll go out and have a look, don't go out while you're in the building. Xiao Qianye lifted the sword spirit, and without waiting for Yun Xiao to stop him, he had already jumped out of the window with an arrow step.
"Running so fast...... Yun Xiao stomped her feet and complained, Tianche suddenly stood up, and looked at Xiao Qianye's back in horror.
Purple and gold military uniforms!
He closed his eyes suddenly, his mind turned upside down, and he felt his feet go limp, and he leaned against the wall.
"Senior brother, what's wrong with you?" Frightened by his reaction, Yun Xiao hurriedly closed the window, only to see that Tianche's face was pale, cold sweat seeped from his forehead, his palms were cold and trembling, and he bit his lip tightly.
He is a member of the forbidden army...... The purple-gold color was a terrifying color that he couldn't forget in his dreams.
Why are the people of the forbidden army in the city of the North Shore, is it the same as eighteen years ago, this time the pursuit task was also handed over to the military pavilion and the forbidden army at the same time?
Wrong...... Tian Che breathed a sigh of relief, and finally calmed down his emotions, his expression was serious, and he thought carefully - eighteen years ago, tens of thousands of Lingyin clans gathered in Yudu, because of the large number of them, they would be handed over to the military pavilion and the forbidden army to pursue at the same time, but now there are only two fugitives, and Xiao Qianye, as the master of the military pavilion, has come over in person, there is no reason to transfer the forbidden army again, right?
The military cabinet, the forbidden army and the navy are at the same level, the military cabinet has the widest jurisdiction, and the soldiers and generals are also the most, and there is undoubtedly only one reason for the imperial capital to do this, that is, to suppress the power of the military cabinet!
Thinking of this, Tian Che only remembered Xiao Qianye's situation - although the Xiao family is a famous family in the imperial capital, it has always been sparsely populated, such as today's Zhengfu is almost completely wiped out, it is he who takes over the military pavilion, so that he can support the Tianzheng Mansion alone, if he fails in his mission, I am afraid that not only will he be severely punished, but what is more dangerous is the precarious Tianzheng Mansion behind him, right?
On the first day Xiao Qianye came to Kunlun Mountain, he was dressed in the black military uniform of the military pavilion, the military pavilion was undoubtedly a special place for him, no matter what, he had to become a part of the military pavilion.
He sighed helplessly, silently holding the sword spirit, not knowing what to think.
"Senior brother, are you uncomfortable?" Yun Xiao wiped the cold sweat from his head.
"Ah Xiao...... In the evening, you accompany Qianye to the mirage, and I will meet you on the coast. ”
"Huh?" Yun Xiao was startled, not knowing why the senior brother suddenly changed his mind.
"You have a foundation in magic, and you are the most suitable person to be by his side. Tian Che didn't explain, grabbed Yun Xiao's hand, and said seriously, "You remember, the feathers on your body can't be seen by others." ”
"Chiya said the same thing...... You've been going back and forth several times, don't you all know what this is?" Yun Xiao pulled up her sleeves, and her arms also had sparse fire-colored feathers.
Tian Che didn't speak, Yun Xiao's eyes rolled, and he suddenly asked, "I met a group of birdmen in the Enchanting Mountain, they have human faces and bird bodies, and their bodies are full of feathers, will I become like that in the future?"
"You won't, don't think about it. Tian Che scolded, although he didn't know the bottom in his heart, he still said with a straight color, "That's a branch of the two-headed golden-winged bird, not only the bird-man clan but also the human bird clan, people's hands are like bird claws, and they will eat insects, you look at your hands, there is nothing abnormal at all, and you won't catch insects to eat, right?"
"Maybe one day it'll turn into a claw, and I've not seen it......" she shook her hand and muttered a few words.
"What have you seen?"
"No, nothing!" Yun Xiao hurriedly denied it and waved her hand awkwardly.
"It's really nothing, how do I think you're weird......" Tianche looked at her strangely, Yun Xiao hurriedly picked up the sword spirit and ran over, and grimaced at him, "I'll go downstairs to see the rattle bureau, senior brother, you can rest first!"
"You come back!Don't go and play any rattle game with them!" Tianche frowned and reproached, Yun Xiao had already quickly locked the door and ran downstairs.
Tianche is helpless, this Yun Xiao must be chasing Xiao Qianye again! After so many years, even though Xiao Qianye has never returned to Kunlun Mountain, she still misses it so much!
Yun Xiao just walked out of the door, and saw Prince Mingxi standing at the top of the stairs, it seemed that he had already calculated that she would come out alone, the prince smiled confidently, beckoned to her, and motioned for her to come over.
"His Royal Highness the Prince?" Yun Xiao walked over disapprerovingly, and Mingxi pointed downstairs.
There was still a lively rattle in the lobby, but looking down from the ninth floor, I couldn't see what the bamboo pole in the Mai Ji's hand had picked up.
Yun Xiao glanced at Mingxi, and hurriedly said: "I, I'm just talking, I won't play with that thing! You're the prince, don't you care? What you do downstairs is not a serious matter......
"I want to take care of it, but the owner can't afford to offend it!" The prince was happy, there was no frame at all, and he threw her a mask, "Let's go, I'll take you to play." ”
"I'm not going, I'm going to find a thousand nights. ”
"What are you looking for him? The forbidden army outside has entered the city, and he is busy, don't make a mess, go, go and play with me." Prince Mingxi counted a few words, and regardless of whether she wanted to or not, he pulled her all the way from the ninth floor!
"Hey, you ......" Yun Xiao was taken aback by him, just now that Gongsun Yan also said that the prince is not in good health, where is this bad health, isn't this body too good?
The dancing girl on the high platform had already changed, wearing the same thick and strange makeup, Prince Mingxi leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Do the girls know where their makeup comes from?"
"How would I know?"
"That's right, you're not from the Flying Wall. Prince Mingxi nodded, "This is the makeup that the astrologer of the East Ming will wear when divination, the East Ming advocates astrology, almost every household will point it, and the largest sect in the East Ming Mirror is called 'Butterfly Valley', which contains the treasure of the Eight Desolate Glazed Stars, these dancing girls were all disciples of Butterfly Valley back then, and then Butterfly Valley dispersed, these people were taken in by Yan Gongzi and became dancing girls, don't look at them as if they are casually showing things to guests, in fact, who to give and not to whom, there have long been counts. ”
"So that Mi Ya just now deliberately showed the water balloon to Qianye, right?"
Prince Mingxi laughed, grabbed her, and walked to the middle of the crowd.
"What are you doing! I said I won't play!" Yun Xiao scolded in a low voice, struggling to stay away.
At this moment, Maihime's movements stopped, and the bamboo pole stopped in front of them.
"Huh?" Yun Xiao was stunned for a moment, and when she looked up, the guy next to her came with a gold-inlaid jade plate with a flattering face.
"You!" she glared at the prince fiercely, Mingxi was stealing music on the side, pointing to the things on the plate, and motioned for her to continue guessing.
"Girl, please-" The guy picked up the rattle book and handed it to her, Yun Xiao took the book angrily, only to see that it read "Purple Rhyme Dragon Pattern Jade", with a price tag of 10,000 taels, 50,000 taels, and 100,000 taels of gold!
She secretly looked at Prince Mingxi, trying that the other party could give some hints, the dancing girl on the high platform coughed lightly, and said delicately: "Can you give a hint......
Prince Mingxi raised his eyebrows, and simply turned his back, she could only carefully measure the thing by herself, it looked like a hand warmer, and a cloud dragon was carved with purple jade on it.
Yun Xiao tried hard to recall it, purple jade is quite common in the Central Plains, it seems to be a kind of evil thing, although the carving is exquisite, but after all, it is just a hand warmer, how should it not be worth 100,000 taels of gold, right? But this Xiao Qinlou is a black shop, and it will definitely not be sold very cheaply, thinking of this, she pointed to the price in the middle: "Fifty thousand taels, that's it." ”
The people at the guest table were also seriously discussing, some nodding in approval, and some felt that it was wrong.
"Little Er, unveil the list-" The dancing girl shouted, throwing a scroll from the second floor, and the dancing girl caught it and slowly opened it.
There was silence in the lobby, and countless pairs of eyes were glued to the hands of the dancing girls.
"Purple Rhyme Dragon Pattern Jade, Gold - 100,000 Taels!"
"So expensive?" Yun Xiao was so frightened that she couldn't close her mouth, and hurriedly picked up the hand warmer, "You guys are too much, aren't you? Such a small hand stove, even if you use the best purple jade, it's not worth the price!
"Yo, what the little girl said is right, but do you know what this hand warmer is?" Wu Ji threw the scroll under the stage and snatched the purple rhyme dragon pattern jade from her hand, "This is a gift personally selected by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today and given to the grandson of the Lord of the Mirror Pavilion, although it is just a hand stove, it is definitely worth 100,000 taels of gold!"
"It's worth it! Absolutely worth it!" The crowd burst into shouts, and a big round businessman patted his thigh in annoyance, "The things of the prince and the grandson, hey! Why don't you pick it up and show it to Uncle Ben directly! You give a girl a piece and she knows a fart! Hey, it's a pity, it's a pity!"
Yun Xiao glared at Prince Mingxi unconvinced, this was obviously a joint effort they had discussed to deceive her!
"Girl, do you still want to offset with things?" Mai Ji smiled maliciously, Yun Xiao reacted and quickly covered the things around her neck.
"I'll pay. Prince Mingxi was already laughing so hard that he couldn't hold back his laughter, he tried his best to hide his identity, "According to the rules of Xiao Qinlou, if you guess wrong, you will buy it by three times, that is, 300,000 taels of gold, and let someone follow me to the nearby silver building to get it." ”
"Hey-wait!" The big businessman hurriedly jumped up, took off his mask, and hurriedly asked, "If you can buy it, then I can buy it too, this is given to Gongsun Gongzi by the crown prince, no, I want to buy it, I will pay 400,000 taels!"
"This ......" Wu Ji hesitated, of course Xiao Qinlou was the one with the highest price, but she obviously knew Mingxi's identity, and she didn't know what to do for a while.
"Five hundred thousand taels. Mingxi didn't let go, Yun Xiao hurriedly grabbed him, and whispered, "Are you sick? This is originally your thing, why did you buy it?
"That's not good, I bought it, but I want you to pay it back. ”
"Is there something wrong with you? I can't afford it......" Yun Xiao had a bitter face, and she didn't know what the prince wanted to do.
"Then 500,000 gold, this piece of purple rhyme dragon pattern jade belongs to this son!" Wu Ji hurriedly answered in front of the big businessman, and quickly gave the guy on the side a look, and before the angry big businessman could speak again, a group of people in the audience had already started to make noise and began to coax noisily, and pushed Ran Ran to take Prince Mingxi and Yun Xiao out.
The front foot just got out of the Xiao Qin Tower, and Prince Mingxi pulled Yun Xiao into the back door again, and cautiously returned to the room on the ninth floor.
"I can't afford it yet!" Yun Xiao was angry and was about to push the door back to rest, when the prince hurriedly stopped her and said, "Aren't you able to offset it with things?"
"Huh?" she was puzzled for a moment, her eyes widening slightly, "It's a big circle, are you going to hit my piece of jade?"
"Didn't you say that it was a gift from Kunlun's god keeper Bai Ze?"
"That's ......" Yun Xiao was entangled for a moment, and slurred - the gift of the divine beast was just made up by her casually, and there was no way to do it in a hurry, otherwise she would not have taken out the piece of jade given by her mother to exchange it for something else anyway!
"Feiyuan also has a lot of divine beasts, but there really isn't Bai Ze. Prince Mingxi pleaded again, "You owe me 500,000 taels ......of gold, and you can't pay it back in your life, right?"
"That's your stuff, you deliberately tricked me into playing rattle, and I'm embarrassed to say that I owe you money?"
"Then you still haven't paid it back?"
"I ......" was stunned for a moment when he asked, Yun Xiao counted the account with her fingers, 500,000 taels, or gold, let alone a lifetime, she can't afford to pay it back in the next life, right?
Prince Mingxi coughed lightly, thought about it, and suddenly said, "That's it, if you go back to the Central Plains one day, I'll give it back to you, how about it?"
"Really?" she was skeptical, Prince Mingxi nodded hurriedly and pointed to the room, "You don't believe it, I'll give you a note in a while." ”
"Well, well. Yun Xiao was helpless, took off the red jade around her neck and handed it to him, and carefully instructed, "You can take it, if you lose it when I go back, you can't accompany me for five million taels of gold!"
"You're really good at settling accounts...... However, I agreed. Prince Mingxi smiled lightly and waved his hand at Yunxiao, "Girl, let's rest for a while, I can't sleep tonight." ”
"Hmph. Yun Xiao pushed open the door angrily, and didn't want to talk nonsense to him anymore, Prince Mingxi suddenly restrained his smile, the piece of red jade was under his palm, and the bright moon in the center diffused a wonderful aura little by little.
"Shen Yue ......" he silently recited the name of the red jade, this is the treasure that has been stolen from the imperial capital for many years, how can it be on a Central Plains woman?