That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 488

After Wang Sheng introduced the Tiance Mansion to Xu Beiyou, he continued: "Over the years, the Tiance Mansion and the Ghost King's Palace have fought against each other several times, and they won and lost each other. Speaking of which, the one named Xiao Lin also fought with a member of our Tianji Pavilion. This great craftsman has a lot of origins."

Xu Beiyou's heart moved, and he asked, "Is that Viscount Ai?"

Wang Shengdao: "Since the former emperor deposed the son and the second baronet, he is now Earl Ai."

Xu Beiyou asked, "I've heard about these two. I heard that they came from the Far West?"

Wang Sheng nodded and said: "This Earl Ai brought a lot of interesting things from the Far West. The improved Zhongdu Cannon used in the capture of Xiangyang City was made by her, so she has also become the most special one in our Tianji Pavilion. Made by a great craftsman." Wang Sheng suddenly showed a playful smile that all men could understand, "Then again, this Earl Ai is a blond and blue-eyed foreign woman, whose style is quite different from that of Central Plains women."

Xu Beiyou sneered lightly and said, "What's so strange about this? There are many women of this kind in Jiangdu City, not only women, but also men. If the master craftsman goes to Jiangdu as a guest one day, Xu will be the host, and the master craftsman will definitely have fun. .”

Wang Sheng shook his head and said: "This is not the same. There are many women from the Far West, but there is only one woman with the title of Daqi court, and there is only one master craftsman of Tianji Pavilion. In fact, we have reached our current position. , a woman's identity must be more important than a woman's appearance."

Xu Beiyou did not refute.

Wang Sheng did not continue on this topic, but instead said: "As for this Xiao Lin, it is said that he returned to the Far West very early, who did he get involved with after he came back, and what did he do? My friends in Tiance Mansion haven't mentioned it, so I don't know much about it."

Xu Beiyou said calmly: "This person first attacked and killed Daoist Qi Xianyun, and then intercepted and killed Her Royal Highness Princess in Qizhou."

Wang Sheng frowned and said, "Such courageous? Daoists and the imperial court both dare to provoke you, so you can't live if you don't want to?"

Xu Beiyou said softly: "It's not that I don't want to live anymore, but that I have other plans. Fortunately, these two women have means to save their lives. If Xiao Lin succeeds..."

Wang Sheng thought about it for a while, and said: "If this is the case, I am afraid there are other follow-up plans. It is true that the identities of these two women are too special. But then again, if Xiao Lin can take action against these two people, I am afraid that the Taoist sect and the imperial court will It's not clean inside either."

Xu Beiyou said in a deep voice: "It's inevitable, some people want to muddy the water with the hands of the ghost palace, they like to fish in troubled waters."

Wang Sheng stood up, turned around and stretched out his hand to caress the inscription on the copper furnace, and said slowly: "What does this have to do with me? I am my master craftsman, and those who should worry about those things have to worry about it."

Xu Beiyou was silent for a while, then nodded, "Everyone performs their duties, that's the reason."

Wang Sheng turned his back to Xu Beiyou and said, "I have told you everything I know. If you want to know more, you can go to Tiance Mansion in the imperial capital to find a man named Zhao Wuji. Tell you what you know, it depends on your means."

Xu Beiyou got up and carried the sword box on his back, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for making it clear, Xu Beiyou will leave."

Wang Sheng didn't turn around, and said loudly, "That boy surnamed Li at the door, you can come in!"

Li Yanliang cautiously poked his head in, and happened to meet Xu Beiyou who turned around and went out.

Xu Beiyou said calmly: "During this period, Commander Lao Li will entertain you."

Li Yanliang was quite flattered, and hurriedly said: "Whether you dare to be or not, it's all up to me."

Xu Beiyou cupped his hands and saluted, "Xu is leaving Yanzhou Mansion today, so let's say goodbye."

Li Yanliang was stunned for a moment, then returned the courtesy: "Mr. Xu, have a good journey."

Just when Xu Beiyou was about to walk out of this underground space, Wang Sheng suddenly said: "Xu Beiyou, don't underestimate Her Highness the Princess, as you said, Her Highness was plotted against by others, women hold grudges more, if I expected it to be true, This His Highness has probably already started to fight back."

Xu Beiyou paused for a moment, then nodded, then moved on and left here quietly.

……

Imperial City, a quiet private house.

Recently, Duanmuyu's life has not been easy, and she was ordered by Duanmu Ruisheng to cultivate her body and mind in this other courtyard.

However, Duanmuyu is not an ignorant person, so she really has the patience to read and write here. Today, as in the past, Duanmuyu is splashing ink in the study. A woman walked quickly to the outside of the study and gently knocked on the door.

Duanmuyu in the study frowned, "Come in."

The leader of the dark guards gently pushed open the door, but stopped. Instead, the woman walked straight into the room, took off the veiled cap on her head, and revealed a refined face.

Duanmuyu stopped writing, looked up, her face changed slightly.

He recognized the woman.

Everyone in the court knows that Princess Qiyang has five personal maids, whose names are taken from a poem.

Silver candle autumn light cold screen, light Luo small fan fluttering firefly.

The woman in front of Duanmuyu is Qing Luo among the five maids.

The woman waved her hand lightly, and the commander of the hidden guard standing outside the door immediately fell to the ground and died violently.

Duanmuyu took two steps back slowly, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Facing this Young Master Duanmu who almost became the emperor's son-in-law, Qing Luo was calm and composed, and said with a smile: "Why is Young Master Duanmu afraid of me? Could it be that he is guilty of being a thief? But that's good too, so as to save the servants from wasting a lot of talking."

Duanmuyu said in a deep voice, "What are you doing here?"

Qing Luo smiled, "As ordered by Her Royal Highness, I will send you a gift."

After the words fell, four women who also wore veiled hats walked in from the door, each holding a wooden box in their hands.

Duanmuyu sneered and said, "Then I'm really flattered."

Qing Luo smiled and said: "My servant guessed that Mr. Duanmu must be waiting for Duanmu Duanmu to send a guard for the dead man. Unfortunately, the princess also came here today with the servant, and happened to meet the dead man. Although the dead man It's very powerful, but it's still slightly inferior to the princess, and his chest was smashed by a punch."

Duanmuyu didn't see Xiao Yuyi's figure, so he was dubious.

Qing Luo raised his chin, a masked woman opened the box in her hand, and there was a dead man's head in the box, it was the secret guard who was in charge of secretly protecting Duanmuyu.

Duanmuyu's eyes widened, she took another step back, and bumped into the chair, making an ear-piercing sound.

Then came the second box, which contained the head of a woman, with her eyes closed as if she had fallen into a deep sleep, and even the bun on her head was not messed up.

Qing Luo smiled lightly and said: "This is a steward of the princess's mansion, and he can be regarded as an old man who has followed His Highness for many years. Unable to afford the gambling debts, so he became a pawn in the hands of the Dark Guard, and although there was a reason for the incident, he still deserved death."

Qing Luo signaled with a look, and the other two veiled women also opened the wooden box in their hands.

The third and fourth boxes contained the heads of a young man and a young woman respectively. The man was handsome and the woman was delicate and charming. Both of them had extremely frightened expressions on their faces.

After seeing the heads of the two, Duanmuyu's face changed drastically, even more frightened and angry than when he saw the first head.

Qing Luo said softly: "The man is from the Ghost King's Palace, and the woman is the outer room of Mr. Duanmu, who knows many secrets about you, and is also Mr. Duanmu's favorite outer room, but this is not a gift from His Royal Highness, but just I hope Mr. Duanmu will accept the mere respect from the servants."

Duanmuyu gritted her teeth tightly, her face could not tell whether it was frightened or ferocious.

Qing Luo waved his hand, and the four women put the wooden box on the ground, and then retreated outward.

Duanmuyu stared at Qingluo, clenched his fists hard, and the veins on the back of his hands bulged.

Qing Luo didn't take it seriously at all, and said with a light smile: "Young Master Duanmu, Young Master Xu and His Royal Highness King Qi will probably arrive in Beijing at the end of the year, and we will come to Japan for a long time."

(End of this chapter)