The human skin mask is one of the most terrifying things in Xu Ruyi's heart.

The power of this thing, as long as it is used in the right place, can be a hundred times more powerful than any weapon. Think about it, the Shaolin abbot took his disciples to a Jedi, and countless enemies appeared on all sides, and then the abbot tore off a mask from his face and turned into another person, what kind of scene should it be.

The power of the human skin mask lies not in killing, but in punishing the heart. Its existence makes people see that all trust is gone, and they can't even trust their looks, what else can they believe?

Xu Ruyi said leisurely: "Even if the Golden Needle Shen family has a few human skin masks, they should be damned, not to mention that they can still make them." ”

"I'm sure you understand the meaning of this thing. Hua Pengfei said softly: "As soon as the news that the Shen family of the Golden Needle could make a human skin mask came out, it immediately caused an uproar, and then all the sects in the rivers and lakes jointly staged a battle between good and evil. And the location of the decisive battle is in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang. ”

"Jointly staged in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang?" Xu Ruyi sneered: "Let me guess, the Golden Needle Shen family is near there." ”

Hua Pengfei nodded and sighed: "It's a pity that the hard work of several generations of the Shen family has been ruined. But ... ”

"But how?"

"My uncle secretly made a move and led Tianmen to waste the power of nine bulls and two tigers, but he saved a trace of the Shen family's bloodline, as well as a few family elders. It's a pity that the practice of human skin masks has been lost again. ”

"It's a pity," Xu Ruyi said regretfully.

"That's what my uncle told me when I was a kid. Now the Golden Needle Shen family is hiding in the 100,000 mountains, and I am here this time。。。。。。 Hua Pengfei carefully explained Shen Hongxian's requirements and his own difficulties before and after.

After hearing this, Xu Ruyi frowned.

Seeing Xu Ruyi frowning, Hua Pengfei said again: "I have already done the silver in these four things, but it is unlikely that the other two of us can do it, and I think there is only... ”

"Looking for those hall masters of Tianmen?" Xu Ruyi continued.

"Hmm. What do you think?" asked Hua Pengfei.

"This... Xu Ruyi was silent, very hesitant in his heart. It stands to reason that before Ren Xiao was looking for the Shen family, if he had a heart, he would definitely leave a message for anyone in Tianmen, and he would not have picked it up from the door of the chicken feather shop in Chengdu City. But since Ren Xiao didn't tell anyone, is it possible that he was not at ease with anyone in Tianmen, or was there any other reason? It was precisely because of this consideration that he didn't tell Jiang Xing about Ren Xiao in the first place.

Now that Hua Pengfei has mentioned this, Xu Ruyi is really embarrassed. Among Shen Hongxian's four things, as long as he is given time, he is sure to complete two things, that is, to let the Shen family reappear in the rivers and lakes, and to get a Shaolin Da Huandan. After all, he has his back to the imperial court, and no matter how sinister the rivers and lakes are, it is difficult to defeat the imperial court. But the seven masters of Yijiazi's skills are different, after all, they want to help Ren Xiao treat his injuries, and he can't believe it. It is impossible for a young person to have the skill of a jiazi. Thinking about it, it seems that only the twenty-four hall masters of the Heavenly Gate can meet the conditions.

"What are you hesitating about?" said Hua Pengfeiqi. In his opinion, this is the right thing to do.

"You don't know. Xu Ruyi smiled bitterly, then briefly said his doubts, and said: "Actually, the only place that can be used in Tianmen is the matter of the seven masters, as for the rest, give me a little time and I can do it." ”

"But it's faster to have Tianmen!" Hua Pengfei frowned.

"I don't think so. Xu Ruyi waved his hand and said: "Since the Shen family of the Golden Needle is involved with the human skin mask, it is impossible for anyone to protect them with the power of the rivers and lakes alone, not even Shaolin Wudang." ”

"But the gate of heaven... ”

"Tianmen can't do it either!" Xu Ruyi said categorically: "The only one who can protect them is the imperial court." But it is impossible for anyone to influence the will of the saint today, it can be said that as long as the emperor is still there, the Shen family can only stay in the mountains. ”

"When is that the boss? Hua Pengfei slapped the table irritably and sighed.

"It's coming, it's coming. Xu Ruyi groaned. In history, Zhu Yuanzhang only lived to the 31st year of Hongwu, and this year is already the 26th year of Hongwu. And...

Xu Ruyi remembered Shao Yuanjie.

What else can the emperor do when he asks a Taoist priest for immortality besides alchemy? Even if Shao Yuanjie doesn't do it, he is not the only Taoist priest in the world. Jin Dan eats too much of this thing, and it is not certain whether he can live to thirty-one years.

Everything is because of one's own arrival.

。。。。。。

In the warm pavilion of Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang leaned on the dragon chair tiredly, his eyes were closed, and there was an unnatural flush on his face.

Lao Zhang stood aside, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression nervously, and the fine beads of sweat on his face seemed to be extremely nervous.

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly widened his eyes and looked up to the sky and smiled: "Hahahahaha, good, good." Sure enough, it's a panacea. ”

Standing up and taking a few steps, he came to the middle of the Wuying Palace, and then danced with his fists, bringing gusts of wind. The feet stepped on the ground, but silently left one deep footprint after another on the bluestone ground.

In the dark, Liu Xiaogan stared at Zhu Yuanzhang's dancing figure, his eyes flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking. But Lao Zhang knelt on the ground again, his head against the ground, motionless.

Zhu Yuanzhang's current state is very wrong, it seems that he is just excited, but there is still a faint hint of madness. I don't know if the mind is still there.

'How can this be?' Lao Zhang secretly wondered: "The little eunuch who tried Dan before was obviously just in a better mental state, how... ’

"Hahahaha!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed again, and then sat down on the dragon chair again, stretched out his hand to pick up a piece of music, looked at it at a glance and ten lines, and then worked hard to write a book, and then picked up another book, reviewed, and another one. In just half an hour, all the 30 books on the book case were approved, and the efficiency was ten times higher than before!

"Lao Zhang. Zhu Yuanzhang put down the last book in his hand and said.

"The old slave is here. Lao Zhang kowtowed on the ground and stood up.

"Who said that the Quanzhen Sect has declined, and the martial arts are divided into two points, according to me, this cultivator is much stronger than the group of martial arts practitioners in Huashan, and he is still very capable!" Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and praised a few words, and then ordered: "That elixir of Wan Congxin has practiced well, and I am very satisfied." But after all, he is an outsider, I can't reward him for anything, go back and secretly take a thousand taels of silver from my inner treasury to reward him, and then tell him that if he can really practice the elixir of immortality, I will be rewarded!"

is really worthy of being a bitter child, and after eating the "elixir" given by others, he was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver.

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One day in the middle of July in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu.

Heavy rain poured down, black clouds overwhelmed the city, and only the occasional flash of electric light could bring some light to the dim city of Nanjing. This rain is very evil, a rare heavy rain, I haven't seen it in a few years. Amazing and at the same time bring a touch of depression.

On Sishui Street, more than a dozen brocade guards dressed in flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives on their waists and hips wore hats and robes, and surrounded them at the gate of a jewelry store. Through the thick rain curtain, you can vaguely see the plaque at the gate that reads: "Shengchun Jewelry Store." ”

No matter how heavy the rain was, it couldn't hide the terrible shouting and crying in the house, and the smashing of tables, chairs and benches being pushed to the ground.

The boss of the jewelry store had a sad face, knelt on the ground and begged the master of the brocade guard in front of him.

"Uncle, uncle, the villain's jewelry store has been open for ten years, and he has never done his duty, without the slightest mess, what are you doing. ”

"Which of the Da Ming laws has the villain violated, you have to make it clear. ”

"But the villain offended which nobleman, please give me a clear word... ”

Xu was annoyed by what the boss said, Qianhu kicked the boss on the ground away, pulled out the long knife on his waist with his backhand, danced a knife flower, and showed a vicious look: "You told me that there is a fart? If you have anything to say, when our Master Jiang comes, you can ask yourself, and if you dare to be verbose, Lao Tzu will cut you for nothing!

The boss sat on the ground, coughed again and again while holding his chest, and sighed helplessly and sadly to wipe his tears: "What's wrong, what's going on... ”

At this moment, there was a team of brocade guards outside the door escorting a certain green cloth sedan chair and stopped in front of the door.

As soon as the sedan curtain was lifted, a man in brocade clothes walked down and stepped into the jewelry store.

"My lord!" all the brocade guards knelt down and saluted.

"Get up. Jiang Huan waved his hand.

"Thank you, sir!" everyone stood up from the ground.

"Your Excellency. The previous Jinyi Wei Qianhu came to the front and said in a low voice: "My lord, you asked the little one to bring the brothers to find that thing, but the brothers have turned this place upside down, and they still haven't found it." ”

"My lord!" The boss had sharp ears, heard what Qianhu said, and at this moment he pounced in front of Jiang Huan, and kowtowed again and again: "What are you looking for, my lord, if you say it, the villain will definitely offer it with both hands, and there will be no ambiguity, as long as you say a word." ”

"Just say it?" Jiang Huan sneered: "I want a jade seal, do you have it?"

"Ah?!" the boss was stunned for a moment, and then kowtowed like pounding garlic, and even the ground "banged".

"My lord, the villain doesn't have it, how can the villain have that kind of thing here? The villain has no ability to steal, and he doesn't have the courage to accept it, my lord knows it!"

"It doesn't matter if you have the ability to say it, what Lao Tzu's eyes say. Jiang Huan turned his head and instructed a guard behind him, "You go and look for it." ”

"Yes, sir. The guard clasped his fists and walked inside.

Jiang Huan looked at the thousand households beside him, and snorted in his mouth: "It's really useless, you can't even find a stone, how did you get to the thousand households?"

"The villain deserves to die, please forgive the adult. Qianhu knelt on the ground, and slapped himself hard with his right hand, his heart was like a mirror, so it seems that Lord Jiang is going to force the matter of the jade seal on the body of the owner of this jewelry store, and blame himself for not understanding it before, otherwise there are not many ways?

After a while, the brocade-clothed guard who had gone in before walked out with a sandalwood box in his hand.

"My lord, the villain dug this under a tree in the back hall. ”

"Let's open it and take a look. Jiang Huan commanded casually.

"Yes. ”

The box was opened, and a large white jade seal was boxy, with nine dragons twisted on it, and teeth and claws were dancing, symbolizing the supreme imperial power.

Jiang Huan glanced at it, chuckled lightly, and casually pointed at the boss on the ground: "Show him." ”

"Ah?!" The boss exclaimed, almost fainting, and the cry in his mouth became more and more poignant: "The adult is wronged, the adult is wronged! This thing is not a villain, the villain has never seen it!

Of course it's not his, the Jinyiwei present are like Spiegels in their hearts, this is a planting, an old trick.

"Clearly, clearly, clearly, the facts are there, take people away. Jiang Huan turned around and got into the sedan chair again.

Several pro-soldiers stepped forward and dragged the boss up from the ground, took the shackles and leg cuffs that had been prepared for the boss with them, and dragged them out.

"Wronged, wronged!"

"Shout again, shout again!" the sticks fell again and again, and the boss who hit him screamed one after another.

"You are not wronged, who told you that the name of your jewelry store has a spring character? Jiang Huan muttered.

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With the arrest of the owner of Shengchun Jewelry Store, the theft of the national seal can be regarded as an official prelude.

That's right, it's the prologue, not the finale, far from the finale.

How can the owner of a jewelry store have the ability to steal the jade seal from the palace? Who sold it to him? What is he going to do when he buys it? Is the jade seal he finds a real jade seal? Could it be a fake piece prepared by the boss in advance? If so, where is the real one, and in whose hands?

A series of questions are waiting to be answered, and any news related to the jade seal, whether it is true or fake, has become the best talking point in the mouths of the people of Nanjing.

On the shore of Mochou Lake, Yun Zheng whispered to Xu Ruyi about the news he had found.

"The owner of Shengchun Jewelry Store, surnamed Chen, with a name of 600, is a native of Nanjing. It is rumored that his wife was once a descendant of a certain prince's family in the previous dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty fell, and his wife seemed to steal a few treasures from the palace and married Chen Liubai's father. The old man died early, and it was all brought up by his old lady, and he left a few treasures to this Chen Liubai before he died. Chen Liubai used this capital to open this Shengchun jewelry store ten years ago. is quite honest and responsible, and his belongings are around a few thousand taels. ”

"Getting to the point. ”

"I haven't seen any sneaky and suspicious people entering or leaving the jewelry store for more than a month, maybe it's a private transaction, then I can't find out. But... It's unlikely, the key is that Chen Liubai doesn't look like a person who has the courage to buy a jade seal. ”

"That's strange, how could Jiang Huan pick him? For no reason, what's the benefit of cutting off someone's head? For a few thousand taels of silver, he shouldn't be so tasteless. Xu Ruyi muttered to herself.

He always felt that there must be some mystery here, but he didn't come up with it.