Strange Events of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 22
In the dark night, Qingfeng Tower in Nanhe County.

It was already curfew time, and the hall of Qingfeng Building, which was supposed to be empty, now had a candle flickering in the air.

On the square table at the nearest door, a man in a white robe was sipping tea, holding a sleeping white kitten in his arms.From time to time, his eyes looked at the street facing Qingfeng Building.From his slightly anxious expression, it can be seen that he seems to be waiting for someone's return.

Originally, when Qingfeng Building was about to close its doors in the afternoon, Ling Changfeng stepped in with one foot.Xiaoer who closed the door looked angry, and was about to reprimand, but saw Ling Changfeng just arrived outside the door.

Xiao Er quickly adjusted his expression, and asked flatteringly: "Lord Ling, it's already getting late, do you still want to come here for a drink at this time?"

Ling Changfeng was only thinking about Xiaolan's safety, so he just nodded, then pushed open the half-closed shop door, found a table near the door and sat down.

Xiao Er panicked immediately, but didn't dare to say anything to drive him out, so he rushed to cut a pot of tea for Ling Changfeng, and then ran to find the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper is someone who has seen the world. Seeing Xiaoer's flustered look, he just laughed and scolded: "You idiot! The curfew is originally set by such people. Now he has something to visit us, and we can only serve him well." he."

Xiao Er hurriedly said that he was taught, and went back to the lobby to serve Ling Changfeng.Unexpectedly, Ling Changfeng called him away, saying that he didn't know when he would finish drinking the pot of tea, and let Xiaoer go to other things.During the period, although officials came to inquire, seeing Ling Changfeng drinking tea there, they stopped asking about curfew violations.

The full pot of tea had bottomed out, and Ling Changfeng was about to get up to add water, when he suddenly saw two blurred figures on the street appear in his sight.There was a shout from afar: "Master, Master!"

Ling Changfeng smiled knowingly, and his body that was about to rush forward also stopped, and hurriedly called out to the mistress, asking him to prepare delicious wine, side dishes, and delicacies.

I saw Xiaolan floating into the restaurant, leaving Senior Qinglian far behind.Ling Changfeng quickly pulled him to look left and right, and he was relieved when he saw that there was no damage.After being confirmed by her young master, Xiaolan's face suddenly turned red.

Qinglian Sword Immortal followed the restaurant unhurriedly, and said with a smile: "Are you two alright? I can smell the fragrance of this almond blossom wine, and I can't wait to taste it."

Ling Changfeng turned around immediately, and saw a man in Tsing Yi walking outside the door. Although his hair and beard were a little messy, his face was cut like a knife, his nose was straight, and he looked heroic.Although he just stood there with his hands behind his back in an easy-going way, it gave people a feeling of being on his back.Ling Changfeng knew in his heart that this was Qinglian Sword Immortal.

So he hurriedly bowed his hands to Sword Immortal Qinglian and said in a low voice: "Senior Qinglian came here, under Ling Changfeng, just now I was worried about Xiaolan, but I forgot that senior was here, I was far away, please don't be offended. "

Sword Immortal Qinglian nodded, and didn't speak, just sat down on the stool, filled a bowl of fine wine, and after drinking it in one gulp, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then said slowly: "Look at what you prepared. I will not blame you if you welcome me with fine wine." After speaking, he poured himself another bowl.

Seeing that Senior Qinglian was only focused on drinking, Xiaolan said softly: "Senior Qinglian, my young master still has something to ask you. You can drink later. I will buy you another jug ​​of wine to take home later."

Qinglian finished drinking again in one gulp, and then said leisurely: "Girl Xiaolan, is this your young master? He looks quite handsome. Good boy! Tell me, what do you want to ask me?"

Ling Changfeng pulled Xiaolan to sit down, filled a bowl of wine for Qinglian, and didn't immediately ask the question he wanted to ask.Instead, he asked: "Senior Qinglian, I'm not in a hurry. A few days ago we met a pair of people from the Western Regions in Qingfeng Tower. I wonder if you have seen them before?" described it again.

Qinglian nodded while drinking, and replied: "The woman is from the Western Regions, with a very high status. The man is the Deputy Pavilion Master of the Canglong Pavilion, and he obeys the woman. He should be from Tuyuhun, a small country in the Western Regions."

Only then did Ling Changfeng suddenly realize, and then he took out a silver needle and asked Qinglian if she had seen this thing before, and Qinglian was indeed well-informed, and replied: "This thing is also a hidden weapon commonly used by people in the Western Regions, and it should be snow. The skill of the Shadow God Needle is from Shan (shan, the fourth tone) good country in the Western Region. By the way, their disciples will have a silver needle tattooed on their shoulders. Why are you still in the Central Plains? People from the Western Regions have so many connections."

Ling Changfeng smiled sheepishly, and said, "It's not that I want to have an encounter with them, it's that they all came to me." Then he told Qinglian about Mr. Wang, and took out the Western Region Finger Wrench.

That Qinglian stared at it for a long time, shook her head, and said: "The case of Si Tianjian is really weird. But as for what happened in the Western Regions, I just went there to pick up a heavy object, and didn't inquire about it."

Ling Changfeng still thanked Qinglian with satisfaction, and hurriedly replied: "Thank you senior for clarifying the confusion, otherwise I am afraid that the matter of Mr. Wang's murder will come to fruition at some point."

But Qinglian shook her head and said: "I don't care about your court affairs. If it wasn't for Xiaolan, I wouldn't be in the mood to come here to drink with you."

Hearing Senior Qinglian's words, Xiaolan was pulling the burrito aside, and suddenly became suspicious: Didn't this senior really want to see my young master before he came?Hmph, it must be a faux pas.Thinking about it, I started to pick up the grapes and eat them again.

Seeing that Ling Changfeng stopped talking, Sword Immortal Qinglian drank the fine wine and ate the appetizers in one mouthful, not to mention how happy she was.

Ling Changfeng thought about the current clues carefully, and slowly connected them together.

The Shanshan Kingdom must have encountered an accident, so they sent people to kill Mr. Wang.But for some unknown reason, this Tuyuhun wanted to destroy the purpose of their trip.That's why the woman from the Western Regions came to give the silver needle. I'm afraid they killed Zhu Liu, and the silver needle Mencius saw was placed in Zhu Liu's room on purpose.

Ling Changfeng thought to himself: This woman from the Western Regions wants to use the hands of the two of them to complete her plan to destroy Shanshan Kingdom.What a trick!And the two of them had to help him with this.

Thinking of this, Ling Changfeng suddenly became interested in this woman.Then I thought of what Lord Wang said before he died: They are here!I don't know what it means again?I'm afraid there are more secret clues.The next step is to find the murderer of Lord Wang before the women from the Western Regions.

"By the way, Boy Ling, are you interested in making a deal?" Qinglian asked softly, interrupting Ling Changfeng's deep thinking.

(End of this chapter)