[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, March 28, Shenshi, the southern suburbs of Chang'an City, a certain underground stone room]

The short and fat old man in the Deyue Building suddenly fell to the ground with chest tightness, and the tall and thin old man next to him hurriedly went over to check, he didn't look at it, and after seeing it, he immediately exclaimed:

"Oh no!

It turned out that at this time, the short and fat old man fell to the ground, his eyes were wide open, his face was pale, and he was already exhausted.

The drinkers next to them rushed over to watch, and these people were shocked when they saw the short and fat old man who fell to the ground, and they couldn't help but point and talk about it.

The body of the Humpty Dumpty Man on the ground was not only horrific in shape, but also covered with a faint layer of frost from his chest to his face, as if he had suddenly been frozen to death by a stream of extremely cold frost and snow.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the shopkeeper to rush to the Chang'an County Yabao official. Here he comforted everyone, cleaned up the scene, and arranged for the two little two to carry the body to the rockery and hide it.

When the diners in the restaurant saw that someone had died mysteriously in the atrium, they could not help but speculate about the cause of the death of the short and fat man? Some people must have been suffering from cold and fever, and the disease was induced by greedy cups, resulting in sudden death; others were humane, he may have eaten unclean things, which caused the cold disease in his body, and he died of a violent illness; and there are also humanitarians who must have been poisoned on the spot, and the person who poisoned him may have been in this restaurant......

All in all, there are all kinds of speculations, however, no one can imagine that what really killed the short and fat old man was just a sentence he said!

Just because the short and fat old man talked about the case of King Han's sudden death, he talked about Cuiyun Tower in Chang'an City, and when he talked about Cuiyun Tower, he talked about the new "Jiaojiao" girl in Cuiyun Building. Between drinking and laughing, he described the clouds and rain between himself and the "delicate" girl that night, and this triumphant appearance inadvertently offended a person sitting not far from him.

This person, although he looks about forty years old, but his long hair is full of silver and white, his face is thin, his body is long, and there is a green blade more than five feet long on his back, which is none other than the "Flowing Frost Sword Immortal" Lu Huoli, who is famous in the entire martial arts.

Since Lu Huoli came to Chang'an, he especially likes to come to Deyue Tower to drink. In order to sit in the lobby of the restaurant and drink a few pots of five-year-old "Fenyang drunk", he even did not hesitate to ask for a wooden sign from the runner and queued up for more than an hour.

Today, he arrived early, and finally without queuing, it was his turn to be in an atrium near the wooden platform. He was already full of wine and food, and he was about to take out the money to pay the bill and leave, when he suddenly heard someone secretly talking about the murder of King Han.

This Lu Huo is far from martial arts, and his ear power is a great anomaly. At that moment, he listened attentively, the first few sentences were good, but later, he listened to the short and fat old man's nonsense, and he had obscene words about his ninth sister, how could he bear it?

So, Lu Huoli raised the wine glass in his right hand, and when outsiders saw that he was raising his glass and sipping wine, how did they know that with a flick of his index finger, a stream of frost sword qi stabbed silently into the "Tianchi" acupoint on the left chest of the short and fat old man from his fingers.

That short and fat old man was just a wine bag and rice bag, how could he be able to resist the fierce frost sword aura of the "Flowing Frost Sword Immortal"? Yes, the word "Jiaojiao" in his mouth, only the previous word, he had already fallen to the ground.

And the tall and thin old man, it was precisely because he was so angry at that moment that he turned his head speechless, and he finally escaped the catastrophe. I'm afraid he won't guess until he dies of old age that back then, he drank in the Deyue Tower, and he had almost passed by the impermanence of the soul! Just because he wanted to sleep with a top female prostitute before, and waited in line for ten days, but fortunately he didn't get on the wheel, so he was lucky enough to pick up his life!

......

Lu Huoli sneered twice, ignoring the mess behind him, and left Deyue Tower, heading south.

An hour later, Lu Huoli had already walked into a natural stone chamber. The stone chamber is located underground, it is not cold in winter, and it is very cool in summer, and now it is early spring, and the stone chamber retains a trace of warmth.

Lu Huoli walked into the stone room, and saw that his ninth sister Mao Jiaojiao was still curled up and lying on the stone bed, as if she was sleeping soundly, so she called loudly: "Ninth sister, wake up quickly! The sun is shining on your buttocks!"

Mao Jiaojiao sighed, yawned, and asked lazily:

"Second brother, it's not too late, why are you waking me up so early?

"It's already time to apply!Ninth sister, get up, the second brother has brought you something delicious!"

"Delicious, what's delicious?" Mao Jiaojiao turned over and climbed out of bed, and when she heard that there was something delicious, her eyes immediately lit up.

Lu Huoli took out an oiled paper bag from his pocket, which contained a whole fragrant roast chicken and a few salted crispy fish.

"This is what the second brother brought to you from the most famous braised vegetable shop in Chang'an City, 'Bazhenju'!"

"Wow!

Mao Jiaojiao snatched the oiled paper bag from her second brother's hand, took out the fragrant roast chicken, tore off a chicken leg and put it in her mouth, and chewed it with relish.

"Hmm...... Delicious and delicious! Where is this 'Eight Treasures'? Next time I will go by myself!"

"It's in Chang'an East City, walk in from the east entrance, and it's two hundred steps away!"

"Hmm...... Second brother treats me best!" Mao Jiaojiao ate while not forgetting to thank her second brother.

Lu Huoli sat down next to Mao Jiaojiao and watched Mao Jiaojiao finish half of the roast chicken. That's what he said:

"Ninth sister, you said that you killed a prince of Qianguo the night before yesterday, what is he...... King Han?"

"That's right!" Mao Jiaojiao poured herself a bowl of hot tea, and while drinking tea, she went to nibble on the two crispy fish.

Lu Huo couldn't help but smile and said, "Unexpectedly, Ninth Sister, the important task entrusted to your second brother by the Emperor of our Xiao Kingdom was completed by you!"

"Second brother, the ninth sister has helped you do such a big thing, you have to take me to Deyue Tower for a big meal!" Mao Jiaojiao shook the salted fish in her hand, pretending to be a little dissatisfied:

"You just bought me something to eat like this, and you want to send me away?"

Lu Huoli touched Mao Jiaojiao's head and said with a smile:

"You lazy cat, sleep until the sun sets in the west all day, and when you get up, it's dark, at that time, Chang'an City has a curfew, and even the second brother himself is a little inconvenient to enter and exit the city gate, how can I take you to Deyue Tower?"

Mao Jiaojiao pursed her lips and said:

"Then I'll get up early tomorrow, and when the time comes, the second brother must take me to Deyue Tower, and don't cheat!"

"Hey...... Let's talk about it when you can get up early tomorrow!" Lu Huoli sighed, looking at the expression on his face, he could see that when his brother and sister were talking, Mao Jiaojiao's sentence "You must get up early tomorrow" must have been said countless times, but what can really be done is probably not a few times......

Mao Jiaojiao ate for a while, and then asked:

"Second brother, you said that if we killed King Han of Qianguo this time, can we complete the task assigned to you by the emperor?"

"I'm afraid, not really!"

"Why is this? He asked you to kill the prince, and I killed it for you, why is it still not counted?"

"You are so good to kill or not, what is the use of killing a king of Han?! That's just a 'fun king', even if you kill ten or eight, it won't shake the world in the slightest!"

"Ah......h

"Second brother, then after we return to Xiao Kingdom, if the emperor asks, what should you say?"

"I don't have to say anything! He asked me to kill the prince of Qianguo, and I have already killed one, and the others...... me birds?!"

"Hehehe......" Mao Jiaojiao stroked his palms and smiled: "What the second brother said is reasonable, anyway, the emperor is your student, no matter what you say, he doesn't dare to blame you!"

......

After a while, Lu Huoli remembered the rumors he had heard in the Deyue Tower at noon, and he thought it was very interesting, so he said with a smile:

"Ninth sister, do you know that after King Han was killed by you, it took them just one day to 'crack' this case?"

"Oh...... Are those Qianguo people very 'powerful'? I've only been leaving Cuiyun Tower for a day, and they've already solved the case? That ...... Who is the murderer?" Mao Jiaojiao picked up another salted fish, put it in her mouth and nibbled it, and couldn't help but smile while eating.

"It's a girl named 'Mingyue', I heard that she is still ......"

"Sister Mingyue!" Mao Jiaojiao put the crispy fish in her hand still on the ground, and exclaimed:

"Why did she become a 'murderer'?!"

"Do you know Mingyue?"

"It's not just acquaintance! Sister Mingyue and I are still married! We are already godsisters!"

"Nonsense!" Lu Huoli's face suddenly sank, and he said unhappily: "What are you doing with a woman of a human race?!! Moreover, she is not only a woman of the human race, but also a woman of the Qianguo and a woman of the Qinglou!"

"Second brother, ninth sister for some reason, as soon as I saw this Mingyue girl, I felt very kind in my heart, anyway, I have already bowed to her, and I will ...... in the future She has been my godsister all her life!"

"She doesn't have a life...... Lu Huoli said coldly: "Her life is only three days left!"

"What? three days!"

"I heard that the old emperor issued several holy decrees early this morning, all of which were issued for his dead baby son, and one of them went down to the Qingyi Guard of Qianguo, which made it very clear that in three days, Mingyue would be executed!"

"Ah...... This...... What should I do?!" Mao Jiaojiao was in a hurry, so she stood up and walked around the stone room, she muttered to herself as she walked:

"Sister Mingyue, I hurt you! You can't die......"

Lu Huoli looked at Mao Jiaojiao expressionlessly, and snorted coldly:

"Mingyue is not only going to die, but also going to be executed by Ling Chi!"

"'Ling Chi'? What is Ling Chi?"

"Is Ling Chi executed, that is a kind of punishment for their country, that is, to drag the prisoner to the street, strip her clothes, and cut the flesh on her body with a small knife, it is said that after cutting 999 knives in a row, the prisoner will die of exhaustion, if you can't make up the number of 999 knives, it will be the executioner's dereliction of duty!"

"Huh?" Mao Jiaojiao's eyes widened, and she said in horror:

"It's so troublesome to kill a person, you have to cut nine hundred and ninety-nine knives in a row......! How much pain does this prisoner have to suffer before he can finally be freed?"

"There's no way, who made them all so 'smart'? Even killing a death row prisoner has to put so much thought into it!"

"This ...... This can't be done!" Mao Jiaojiao said eagerly: "Sister Mingyue can't die, let alone be killed by Ling Chi like this......!" I've got to save her!"

"Okay!" Lu Huoli reprimanded with a cold face:

"Ninth sister, what kind of place is this Chang'an City? With your skill in climbing over walls and trees, it is already good to be able to save your own life! The last two times you were in the grove south of the city, each time you almost lost your life! In the past few days, I advise you to stay here and not go anywhere!"

Mao Jiaojiao looked at the look on Lu Huoli's face, and knew that if she wanted to persuade the second brother to help her rescue Mingyue, it was impossible, so she had to stomp her foot and say:

"I'm looking for my eldest sister!"

After that, before Lu Huoli came back to his senses, Mao Jiaojiao was like a gust of wind, rushed up, and suddenly jumped out of the hole in the stone room......

"You...... Ninth sister, you come back!"

Lu Huoli chased to the edge of the stone cave and shouted loudly, at this time, outside the stone room, how could there be half a figure of Mao Jiaojiao?