Chapter 55: Scheming
"Bang, bang!"
Late at night, there was a crisp knock on the door outside Lu Tingxiang's study. A moment later, Lu Tingxiang's cold voice sounded from the room: "Come in!"
Sikong Zhu agreed in a low voice and pushed the door in.
In the room, Lu Tingxiang sat lazily behind the bookcase, holding a cup of tea in his hand, drinking it unhurriedly. And beside him, the crimson white frost was slightly panting at the moment, hurriedly tidying up her slightly messy dress, as soon as she saw Sikong Zhu, she couldn't help showing a shy look on the ground, and hurriedly turned sideways to tie her skirt belt, and then blushed and bowed slightly to Sikong Zhu, and then wanted to "run away", but Lu Tingxiang suddenly stretched out his hand and dragged him.
But seeing Lu Tingxiang smiling and gently tugging her wrist, Baishuang fell back into Lu Tingxiang's arms with a coquettish sigh.
In Bai Shuang's watery apricot eyes, he was full of shyness at the moment, looking at Lu Tingxiang infatuatedly, but seeing that Lu Tingxiang first showed her a charming doting smile, he then leaned over gently and kissed her lightly on the forehead. was so intimate in front of Sikong Zhu, which made Bai Shuang's face even more hot like a fire.
When Sikong Zhu saw the disheveled hoarfrost, he had already guessed everything in his heart. At this moment, in the face of such a beautiful scene, he who has always adhered to the body of a boy for decades will inevitably show a trace of embarrassment, only to see Sikong Zhu quietly looking sideways to the side, pretending to be invisible.
"You don't have to go back to the Water Pavilion tonight, stay here with me. Lu Tingxiang said softly to Bai Shuang.
Hearing this, Baishuang's face suddenly flushed, but it was difficult to hide the joy between her eyebrows, and she nodded lightly rather obediently.
"Let's go first!" Lu Tingxiang commanded, and slowly pushed Baishuang's delicate body away from his body. The peach-colored hoarfrost raised her eyes and gently glanced at Sikong Zhu, who was not squinting, and then fled and left the study.
After the white frost left, Lu Tingxiang still put his hand in front of his nose and sniffed it gently, and there was still a faint fragrance on the white frost in his palm, and he sighed softly: "The beauty is really a beauty, and the faint aftertaste is enough to make people fascinated." ”
Sikong Zhu saw that Lu Tingxiang was interested, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Childe, why don't I come back early tomorrow morning......
"No need!" Lu Tingxiang, who was full of fascination, quickly put away his heart and said, "Beauty can only be pleasant to men, but not indulged, otherwise how can you have the heart to do the right thing again?"
"Childe is not carried away in the face of power, gold and silver are not profligate, and beauty is not intoxicated. Such a free collection is really the blessing of the ancestors and the blessing of the Lu family. Sikong Zhu smiled respectfully, "But although the son can sit still, but the white frost is a stunner in the world, and it will inevitably ...... after a long time."
"Ahem!" Before Sikong Zhu finished speaking, Lu Tingxiang suddenly coughed lightly twice and said, "Zhu Lao, there are some things you shouldn't say." ”
"That's that!" Sikong Zhu hurriedly apologized, "I'm just worried about Childe's body, everything is just as Childe said, beauty can only be pleasant, not indulged." With Baishuang's current identity, it is impossible to be married by Gongzi Mingmei, but Gongzi is reluctant to give her up, and I am also worried that if this goes on like this, she will disturb Childe's mind. ”
"I have my own sense of what to do with hoarfrost. Lu Tingxiang waved his hand unhappily to interrupt Sikong Zhu's words, changed his words, and said, "How is the matter investigated?"
Sikong Zhu's expression was straight, and he nodded: "Everything is as expected by the son, Luo Tianjin neither killed Liu Xunyi nor took him back to Luoyang City, but asked Liu Xunyi to find the whereabouts of the stormy rain map for him." ”
Lu Tingxiang sneered confidently: "This Liu Xunyi's origin is unknown, how can Luo Tianjin's city government easily trust him?" I know Luo Tianjin's temperament very well, he will either take it for his own use, or kill a young master of unknown origin like Liu Xunyi, and he will not let him go for no reason. ”
Sikong Zhu responded: "Childe is wise." In the past few days, the old man has secretly followed Liu Xunyi and found that he has searched all over the silk and satin villages in the Jiangnan area, and they are all inquiring about the origin of the two rags. ”
Lu Tingxiang smiled disdainfully: "Luo Tianjin thought that if he asked Deng Changchuan to secretly take away the rags in Mo Cen's hand, he would be able to be unconscious, but he didn't know that the scene when Mo Cen was dying and grabbed the chest of the man in black was also in full view. However, thanks to Zhu Lao's timely reminder of me, this matter should not be torn with Luo Tianjin, face to face, but should learn to catch cicadas, and the yellow finch will be behind, which will save us a lot of trouble. Now it seems that Liu Xunyi has found out some news?"
"That's good!" Sikong Zhu replied, "The old man came back to report this matter to Gongzi. Two days ago, in the evening, Liu Xunyi inquired about the news in the Qingsi Workshop of Pingjiang Mansion, and he found some clues from Master Zhou. Then the old man went to visit the well-informed Master Zhou late at night, and sure enough, he asked for clues about the man in black. ”
"Who is the man in black?" Lu Tingxiang suddenly became interested and couldn't wait to ask.
"The man in black was wearing a green silk armor. Sikong Zhu said slowly.
"Qing Sijia?" Lu Tingxiang frowned slightly, and then his eyes lit up, and he said suspiciously, "Could it be someone from the Jade Dragon Palace of the Tianshan Mountains?"
"Exactly!" Sikong Zhu's eyes were full of approval, and he nodded, "That Master Zhou said that one of the rags that Liu Xunyi showed him was stained with a green silk, so he deduced that the man in black was wearing a green silk armor. ”
Lu Tingxiang muttered thoughtfully: "Who is so bold and reckless in my Dao, it turns out to be the Jade Dragon Palace of Tianshan Mountain. Thinking about it like this, it is not surprising that the man in black dared to ask Mo Cen for a shocking rain map in front of the heroes of the world. These pagan religions have always had no fear of us who are famous and upright, but they ...... I am afraid that it will be difficult to do this with the Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace alone, and there must be their internal response among the guests that day. Zhu Lao, who do you think the inner ghost will be?"
Sikong Zhu smiled bitterly and shook his head slowly, and said, "The old man, like the son, originally thought that Luo Tianjin was making trouble in secret, but now it seems that this matter is not Luo Tianjin's doing, otherwise he wouldn't have to go to great lengths to let Liu Xunyi find clues." ”
Lu Tingxiang frowned, and said, "I originally thought that Luo Tianjin secretly took those two pieces of rags to destroy all the clues, but I didn't expect that he was also kept in the dark. ”
Sikong Zhu said in a low voice: "That day, we arrested the guys from the Fuman Inn, and searched the room of the man in black, but we couldn't get the slightest clue, which shows how careful these people are in doing things." Thinking about it like this, we also want to thank Luo Tianjin and Liu Xunyi, if it weren't for them, we might never know the origin of the man in black and the whereabouts of the stormy rain map. ”
Lu Tingxiang nodded lightly and said casually, "This Liu Xunyi...... Sure enough, he has some skills, no wonder Luo Tianjin not only didn't kill him, but would also hand over such an important matter to him. ”
"Luo Tianjin is scheming, how could he see the wrong person?" Sikong Zhu smiled undeniably, "Maybe Liu Xunyi, a kid who came out of nowhere, can really ...... Make a roll call. But now that we know the clues, the next step is simple, Gongzi only needs to send two groups of people, one group of people to solve Liu Xunyi, and the other group of people to rush to the Tianshan Mountains and Cold Mountains to retrieve the storm and rain map. ”
Regarding Sikong Zhu's proposal, Lu Tingxiang slowly shook his head and said faintly: "Now we don't know who the inner ghost who should be in harmony with the Jade Dragon Palace of the Tianshan Mountains is, so whoever goes to the Tianshan Cold Mountains to search for the stormy rain map will be exposed to the light." As the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to defend, rather than letting our people touch nails, it is better to let Liu Xunyi fight for us to be the vanguard, it is best to let him lure out the inner ghost first, so that we can see the enemy's reality clearly, and then it is not too late to do it. ”
Sikong Zhu nodded again and again: "What the son said is extremely true, it is the old man who is reckless. Then we will not move Liu Xunyi for the first time, just send someone to follow him quietly and watch his every move closely, until the inner ghost appears, or the storm and rain map reaches his hands. ”
Lu Tingxiang's fingers gently rubbed the teacup, his eyes were full of cold light, and he sneered: "The reason why Luo Tianjin pushed Liu Xunyi out to investigate this matter is actually to let him be a substitute for the dead ghost, and Luo Tianjin himself hid behind to sit and collect profits, after all, the life and death of a small character like Liu Xunyi is not important to Luo Tianjin." Since Luo Tianjin knows that the enemy is dark and I am clear now, he is not willing to show up, so we will not show up. The inner ghost is hidden deeply, and Luo Tianjin is hidden deeper than the inner ghost, so we have to hide it even deeper. The water is muddy enough this time, so let Liu Xunyi stir and stir it up again!"
Sikong Zhu said with a smile: "Yes, it's easy to fish in troubled waters, but this Liu Xunyi is being used by others but doesn't know it, and he stupidly buys Luo Tianjin's life, which is really pitiful and ridiculous." ”
Lu Tingxiang said lightly: "No way, who let him have no backer behind him? If he doesn't let him die in his place, who can he let go?"
Sikong Zhu pondered for a moment and said, "But since Luo Tianjin and Gongzi are so sure that Liu Xunyi has some skills, will he also keep hiding in the dark to search for the storm map?" After all, Liu Xunyi is not a fool, it is impossible to be stupid enough to go to the trouble of the Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace alone. If he keeps hiding and refuses to show up, won't the troubled waters become a pool of stagnant water? If the men we sent to spy on him get into trouble first, wouldn't it be impossible for us to steal chickens and rice?"
"Long nights and dreams. Lu Tingxiang nodded slowly, but he suddenly raised his eyebrows, looked at Sikong Zhu, and asked, "Listen to the meaning of Zhu's old words, but what method has you thought of?"
Sikong Zhu said in a low voice: "That Master Zhou of the Green Silk Workshop has been ...... by me" Sikong Zhu stretched out his hand and gestured on his neck before he finished speaking, the meaning of which was self-evident.
Lu Tingxiang was extremely smart, and he figured out the key at once, and said suspiciously: "Do you want to frame this matter to Liu Xunyi?"
Liu Xunyi made a big fuss in the green silk workshop, and more than a dozen guys have seen him, even if he said that he didn't do it himself, I'm afraid no one will believe it. Sikong Zhu said, "After he finished making trouble with the green silk workshop on his front foot, Master Zhou was killed on his back foot, don't you suspect who should he suspect?" In this way, even if it is impossible for the government to catch Liu Xunyi, it will give him some trouble, in short, this kid can't be allowed to live too smoothly. The more trouble he has, the easier it will be for him to show his feet in front of the Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace, and the more convenient it will be for us to do what we have to do later. ”
"Let that Feng Tianba go!" Lu Tingxiang suddenly said, "He is biting me tightly now, which is very annoying." This person is a twisted seed, just let him go to track down Liu Xunyi's murder, I believe it is enough for Liu Xunyi to have a headache. It also saves him from dangling in front of me all day. ”
Sikong Zhu nodded and said: "This matter is easy, just inform Li Ji and Young Master Cousin, and tomorrow you can drive this reckless man who doesn't know the height of the sky out of Quanzhou." Since Childe doesn't like him, let him never want to come back for the rest of his life. ”
"Hmm!" Lu Tingxiang slowly stood up and said with a smile, "I now hope that this Liu Xunyi can quickly find out the Storm and Rain Diagram, if the diagram can really reach him, it will be much easier for us to get it." In short, let Feng Tianba disturb him, but we don't have to rush to move him. The Jade Dragon Palace of the Tianshan Mountains is far away in the Western Regions, mysterious and unpredictable, and has always had ill intentions towards the Central Plains martial arts, and has a very high opinion of himself, so he just took this opportunity to let Liu Xunyi go to find out their bottom. ”
"Childe, it's better for the old man to take someone on a trip to the Tianshan Mountains and Cold Mountains, the old man is confident that Liu Xunyi will not be able to escape from the palm of my hand. Sikong Zhu confidently asked for his life.
"No!" Lu Tingxiang shook his head and said, "Liu Xunyi is a master, and we don't know if Luo Tianjin will send another master to secretly protect him." The master of the Lu Mansion must be very eye-catching, which will inevitably arouse suspicion, and he may not be able to keep an eye on Liu Xunyi as he wishes. To deal with a master like Liu Xunyi, I have a more favorite candidate, I believe that this person will not only not arouse the suspicion of outsiders, but also can easily approach Liu Xunyi. ”
"I wonder who Childe is talking about?"
Lu Tingxiang smiled mysteriously and said, "Zhu Lao Ke still remembers that night in the Sushui Pavilion, you once told me that Liu Xunyi rescued Bai Shuang from Tang Afu's hands? Now, in addition to us and Luo Tianjin, I don't know how many people are secretly investigating the whereabouts of the Storm and Rain Map, and the Tianshan Mountains and Cold Mountains will inevitably be mixed in the near future. ”
Sikong Zhu suddenly realized, and said in surprise: "Childe means ......"
"Since ancient times, heroes have been sad to pass the beauty pass, and it is difficult to beat the fingers of steel. Liu Xunyi has no thoughts about white frost, even a fool can see it. In that case, I will send the hoarfrost to him as he wishes. ”
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