Jiangbei female bandits
Chapter 46 tit for tat
Chapter 46 tit for tat
The moonlight was still outside the city, but at this moment, Chen Nian had no intention of admiring the scenery at all, so he raised his true energy and rushed all the way to the bottom of the hillside, then stabilized his figure and carefully probed inside.The apricot forest here is much denser than the place she and Lu Xiao went to before. After the night wind passed, the petals fell like snow, showing the tranquility and fragrance in the forest.
Chen Nian knew that the man in black was surrounded by experts, so he was very careful. He walked through the Xinglin for a while, but he didn't see any trace of those people. It was not until he was approaching the lake that he could faintly hear human voices.She regained her energy, and quietly dived to the lake, and finally saw a bonfire burning under the weeping willows by the lake.She was afraid of alarming those people, so she didn't dare to go forward too much, and she saw that the people surrounded by the fire were those Xian people from before, but she couldn't see the man in black, nor the woman who looked like a woman.
While Chen Nian was wondering, she suddenly heard a strong wind coming from behind, she hurriedly turned around and raised her saber to fight, barely holding back the scimitar that was swung down.The black-clothed man saw that he had missed a single blow, and immediately slashed down again with the next blow.Chen Nian took a few tricks forcefully, and noticed that this man's sword technique was somewhat similar to Lu Xiao's. He was secretly startled, and immediately changed his strategy, no longer resisting his blade forcefully, but only competing with him.
The people around the campfire were startled by the fight between the two of them, and they all gathered around.Chen Nian secretly appraised the martial arts between the two of them, thinking that as long as those people don't master it, she will not be able to control the man in black, at least it will not be difficult to escape from him, so he deliberately provoked him: "If you have the ability, you can do it." If you fight me alone, it's nothing to be able to win more and less!"
Tuoba Yao slightly raised his eyebrows. He was sitting alone on the top of the tree just now, and he saw clearly how Chen Nian hid his body and sneaked up. return.He didn't realize that he was a little surprised, and when he heard her deliberately provoke him, he really stopped those followers in a cold voice, not allowing them to intervene.
Although Chen Nian didn't know what he was talking about, seeing those people stopped and did not move forward, he guessed that he was telling them not to come.She was secretly delighted, and her footwork changed slightly. It seemed that Tuoba Yao was forcing her to retreat again and again, but she was leading him away from the guards a little bit.
Chen Nian has been secretly practicing Wuyun magic skills for more than half a year, and she has only just practiced to the second level, but her martial arts are far from the same as before, even against a master like Lu Xiao, although she can't win , but it can also fight with it.As for the man in front of him, although his saber skills were fierce and ruthless, he still had some distance behind Lu Xiao.What's more, when I was at Hukouling, I had nothing to do. Chen Nian had played many moves with Lu Xiao, and she was very familiar with this kind of saber technique. She became more and more sure that she could defeat this man. It's not messy at all.
Tuobayao didn't know what it was. He was proud of others and had a high opinion of himself. He felt that it was rare for a young woman in Chennian to have such kung fu, but he didn't think she was deliberately showing weakness to lure the enemy.Not to mention him, even his entourage and guards saw that Chen Nian's figure was a woman, so they had two points of contempt first, and Tuoba Yao ordered them not to come forward to help, so they really just stood there Watch the two of them fight.
Chen Nian staggered, and took a few steps back.The corner of Tuoba Yao's mouth hooked slightly, and he swung a knife to bully him.Chen Nian glanced at the guards out of the corner of his eye, estimated the distance, turned the blade in his hand, the power soared, the blade light immediately covered Tuoba Yao's whole body, and pointed at his vital points.
Tuobayao was caught off guard for a moment, but was forced into a bit of a panic by Chen Nian's long sword. The guards rushed to rescue him when they saw the accident, but before they could rush to him, Chen Nian knocked down the machete in Tuobayao's hand with one move, and the next knife fell Push him against the tree.
"Stop!" Chen Nian yelled to everyone in a cold voice, "If you go any further, I'll kill him with one blow!"
Although the guards couldn't understand her words, they also saw the situation clearly and didn't dare to act rashly for a while.Chen Nian looked at Tuobayao again, and said to him, "Tuobayao? It's called Tuobayao, isn't that right? Tell your men to back off, to the side of the fire."
Tuoba Yao remained silent, just staring at her coldly.
Chen Nian smiled slightly, and said, "Don't pretend you don't understand me, I know you understand Chinese."
Then Tuobayao ordered the guards in Xian's words: "Everyone retreat to the side of the fire."
The Xian family values loyalty and obedience the most. Although Tuobayao is under the sword of Chen Nian at this moment, the guards dare not disobey his orders, and they all retreat back with their hands down.Tuoba Yao lowered his eyes to look at Chen Nian, and asked lightly: "What do you want? Do you want to ask who I am?"
Chen Nian shook his head and said, "Since your name is Tuobayao, I will be able to find out your identity sooner or later. Let me ask you, who is Lu Xiao?"
Tuobayao didn't want her to go back and come back to ask about this, so he glanced at her indifferently, and instead sneered: "You and Lu Xiao can enjoy flowers late at night, but you don't know who he is?"
As soon as Chen Nian heard his words, he knew that there was nothing to ask from him, so he said again: "Since you don't want to say it, then I won't force it, you ask the woman who talked to you just now to come out and let me have a look." , I let you go."
Tuoba Yao frowned unconsciously, and said: "That's my concubine, what do you see her doing?"
Chen Nian secretly scolded and farted, thinking if he was just your concubine, how dare he speak your name!She rolled her eyes and replied: "I want to see what she looks like. Lu Xiao said she is a beauty. Hmph! I want to compare whether it is me or she who is more beautiful."
There was sourness in these words, like a child's anger, but Tuoba Yao was a little taken aback, and for a moment he didn't know if she was sincere or acting on purpose.He looked at her carefully. Although the black scarf covering her face covered most of her face, the pair of eyes exposed outside were as dazzling and shining like cold stars.
Tuoba Yao seriously replied: "You look better."
As soon as these words came out, although he couldn't see her face, he saw her eyes slightly bent, presumably she was smiling.Tuoba Yao was startled for a moment, and suddenly remembered that she had blood similar to his, and for some reason, felt a sense of intimacy in her heart.
But Chennian's eyes widened quickly again, and the knife in his hand increased a bit of strength, and he shouted: "Who knows if you are lying to me, you tell that woman to come out, I have to see it with my own eyes." Letter. Hurry up, hurry up, Lu Xiao will be chasing after a while."
She was so arrogant and rude. Although Tuobayao's face was cold, he showed a bit of helplessness, and said: "Okay, I will ask her to come out. But you have to let me go first, or Lu Xiao will see you later Press me with a knife and he will get angry."
Chen Nian hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "You call someone here first, and I'll let you go."
Tuobayao raised his voice and gave some instructions to the guards in Xianshi language, and when the two of them agreed to leave, he said to Chen Nian again: "I just asked someone to send her back, if you see her, you have to Just wait patiently for a while."
But Chen Nian said something bad in his heart, since that woman is not nearby, who knows who this man's entourage will bring to see her, even if he brings a random woman and says it is the one just now, she has no way of distinguishing.Chen Nian raised his eyes to look at Tuobayao, and saw that there was a hint of mockery in his eyes, as if he had already seen through her mind, and everything before was just to cooperate with her in acting.
She felt a little annoyed, and shouted in a low voice: "Tuobayao, do you think I really dare not kill you?"
"You don't dare, if you kill me, Lu Xiao will definitely turn against you." Tuoba Yao sneered, and then ridiculed, "I still think you have something special, but I don't think so, but you are brave and foolish, impulsive and ruthless, Relying on a bit of good looks, a little cleverness, pretending to be coquettish and foolish. Just relying on these, you think you can fool me? You really don’t deserve to—” He stopped halfway through his words, sneered, and then He continued, "Be the person Lu Xiao likes."
Chen Nian is extremely angry, her eyes are brighter like cold stars, since she practiced the Five Aggregates Divine Art, her emotions have been a little moody, she has also noticed it herself, she always restrains herself more on weekdays, but she has never shown it in front of others, but Hearing Tuoba Yao's ridicule at this moment, she only felt that the fire was burning in her heart, and she couldn't suppress it no matter what.
She sneered, and said: "Tuobayao, since you can see how impulsive I am, you shouldn't provoke me with words."
Tuobayao didn't say a word, just raised his eyebrows and looked at him, he was not willing to show weakness at all.
Chen Nian said: "That's right, I can't kill you, but it's limited to not killing you. I want to see if Lu Xiao will chop me twice for you just because I slashed you twice." revenge!"
The point of her knife was right in front of Tuobayao, and she said with a smile: "Someone taught me a word before - when a person is under the eaves, he must learn to bow his head. Today I will teach you this sentence." , but a barbarian like you must not be able to understand the essence of our Chinese language, and I need you to understand the meaning of these words."
Tuobayao's complexion changed slightly, Chen Nian's knife tip had already fallen, and he slashed several times in front of him like lightning. Each knife edge was half a foot long, and it had just cut half of the flesh, neither deep nor shallow, neat and uniform, Instead of hurting him, it is better to say that he deliberately humiliated him.
Tuobayao's guards didn't want Chennian to attack suddenly, fearing that Tuobayao's life would be lost, they all rushed forward with a loud shout.
Chen Nian retreated hastily, and the darts held between his fingers shot out at the same time, hitting the guards who were chasing at the front.Everyone was hindered by the darts, and their bodies were a little stagnant. Chen Nian took advantage of this moment to display the superb lightness kung fu taught by Jing Yuxuan.
Seeing that the guards could not catch up with her, Chen Nian felt complacent, he couldn't help but let out a long roar, turned around and rushed out of the forest.At this moment, there was another sharp whistling sound in the forest, but it didn't come from the mouth, but like the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air.The sound came very quickly, as if he was behind Chen Nian in an instant, Chen Nian dodged to the side without thinking, the arrow tip flew past her arm, and half a minute further inward was about to penetrate her arm.
Chen Nian was terrified, her figure was unstable, the second arrow and the third arrow followed one after another, this time she hid even more awkwardly, even the black scarf covering her face was torn off by the arrow wind .In a panic, she turned her head to look, and saw that there was an extra person on an apricot tree in the distance, who was shooting at her with a bow and arrow, without any intention of stopping.
If she was still in the forest before, she could still find trees to hide, but now she has run out of the apricot forest, and there is nothing around, how can she avoid this sharp arrow with the power of thunder?Chen Nian dodged seven or eight arrows in a row, before he could catch his breath, three more arrows shot at her, blocking her escape route.
She can't die!She will never allow herself to die here!
Chen Nian's pupils tightened in an instant, and the zhenqi in his body turned to the fastest speed. He shot down a feathered arrow with a long knife in his hand. Go grab that third arrow.She took the sharp arrow and felt that her palm was scorching hot, but she didn't hesitate for a moment, and immediately threw the feather arrow back at the person on the tree top.
It's just that the person was too far away, her arm strength couldn't match that of a strong bow, and the arrow lost its strength only halfway through, and fell from mid-air.But even so, everyone was still dumbfounded.People from the Xian family are the most powerful, and seeing her dodging the three deadly arrows so beautifully, someone among Tuoba Yao's guards applauded, and even the bow-leader from the top of the tree couldn't help but stop. Standing there quietly looking at Chen Nian.
Chen Nian has murderous intentions, and feels that it is better to go back to the forest and kill Tuoba Yao than to be stabbed in the back.Thinking of this, she raised her eyes and glanced at the person on the top of the tree, gritted her teeth, and rushed towards the forest again.Her move was beyond everyone's expectations. The guards opened their eyes slightly, and then divided into two groups. One group retreated to Tuoba Yao's side to guard, while the other group came to attack Chen Nian with a scimitar in hand. .
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight together, a man in black suddenly appeared in Linnei, and threw more than a dozen thunderbolt bombs at the Xian's guards. There were frequent explosions in all directions, and the forest was suddenly enveloped in choking smoke.The man rushed to Chen Nian's side, grabbed her arm, and shouted anxiously: "Go!"
Chen Nian didn't care to think too much, and rushed out together with him, just after leaving Xinglin, sharp arrows followed behind him.Chen Nian was extremely annoyed, he turned around and wanted to kill the archer, but he was stopped by the man beside him, who advised him, "Go quickly, the smoke is poisonous, he won't be able to shoot many arrows!"
Sure enough, the man only shot two more arrows before stopping, Chen Nian gave up, turned around and hurriedly chased the man in black towards Xuanzhou City.It's just that she spent a lot of internal energy just now to avoid those feathered arrows, and the speed of the person in front was extremely fast, she chased for a while, but fell further and further away, and when she reached the outside of Xuanzhou City, she had completely disappeared from the person figure.
At this moment the sky was already light, although Chen Nian was full of doubts, he didn't dare to delay any longer, hurriedly climbed over the city wall and rushed back to the inn.As soon as he got to the second floor of the inn, he saw Lu Xiao rushing out of her room. He was overjoyed to see her head on, and then he looked her up and down nervously, and asked anxiously, "Where have you been?"
Chen Nian's hair was in a slightly messy bun, and the black night clothes on his body were scratched in several places, and there were faint blood stains in some places, obviously he had just fought with someone.Lu Xiao lowered his head to take a closer look at the wound on her body, saw that it was an arrow wound, and couldn't help but asked in surprise, "You went back to that forest again?"
Chen Nian passed him and went straight into his room, and replied: "Go, not only went, but also fought with Tuoba Yao."
Lu Xiao frowned slightly, and asked her in a low voice, "Are you injured?"
Chen Nian looked relaxed, shook his head and said: "It's okay, just scratch the skin, but that Tuoba Yao didn't take advantage of it." When she said this, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise, "I'll scratch him. two words."
Lu Xiao asked in surprise, "You scratched him? With a knife?"
"Yeah!" Chen Nian nodded, his eyes sparkling, and he said with a low smile, "I originally wanted to scratch the word 'king' on him, but I endured it halfway and changed it to 'Santu'."
Lu Xiao looked at Chen Nian in astonishment, and was speechless for a while.
Chen Nian glanced at him, slowly suppressed his smile, and asked him, "Will you avenge him?"
Lu Xiao was silent for a while, but did not answer Chen Nian's question directly, but whispered: "You shouldn't go, it's very dangerous."
Chen Nian smiled when he heard the words, and said: "It's not too dangerous. Those people are not very powerful. Tuobayao's sword skills are somewhat similar to yours. I knew his next move before he finished his last move." What the trick was, it took a lot of advantage. It's just that an archer appeared later, so powerful that I almost couldn't hide." She described the appearance of the archer, and then asked Lu Xiao, "Do you know this People? Archery is so good."
Lu Xiao was silent for a while, but he simply replied: "I know."
Seeing that he refused to even say the archer's name, Chen Nian's heart sank slightly, although he was a little disappointed, he still smiled at him and said: "It's almost dawn, I'll change my clothes first, Come back and talk about something."
Lu Xiao couldn't figure out what she was thinking, so he stood there looking at her for a moment, then asked her softly, "You blame me for not telling you the truth, don't you?"
Chen Nian shook his head and said, "I don't complain, I know you have difficulties."
Lu Xiao wanted to explain a few words to her, but he didn't know what to say, so he stood in the room, and finally left the room silently.
After the door of the room was closed, Chen Nian turned around to look, unable to tell what was in his heart.Not complaining, but definitely uncomfortable.It was an annoyance. They all knew what was going on, but she was the only one trapped in the mist.They accompanied her, protected her, and made her grateful, but they saw her groping around and bumping into walls like a blind man.But she can't complain to anyone, and she can't complain.If you want to complain, you can only blame yourself for not being smart enough.
Chennian silently changed his night clothes, and when he was washing his face, he looked at himself reflected in the water basin, lost his mind for a while, and then said to himself in the water word by word: "You are just Xie Chennian, you are from the Taihang Mountains. Xie Chennian, this is enough!"
She took care of herself in a leisurely manner, went downstairs and saw Lu Xiao and Fan Jingyun sitting at the table waiting for her, she smiled and said: "You don't have to wait for me, just eat first." gone."
Fan Jingyun got up and smiled at her, and when Chen Nian sat down at the table, he loudly ordered Xiao Er to serve breakfast.The restaurant's meals had been prepared long ago, Xiao Er responded, and soon brought some steamed buns, white porridge, etc. on the table.The three of them ate halfway in silence, the other people in Hukouling went downstairs one after another, greeted Chen Nian, and sat around several tables to eat.
Chen Nian glanced at him, but he didn't see the idiot, so he asked Fan Jingyun who was in the same room with him, "Where is the idiot?"
Fan Jingyun smiled and said: "Si Da fell asleep and snored continuously all night. I woke him up when I went downstairs just now, but now it seems that he fell asleep again after I left. I'll go and call him now."
As he said that, he was about to get up and call for Shada, but Shada squinted his eyes and came down the stairs. Someone laughed and said, "It's a pity that you still don't sleep comfortably. If you want to sleep comfortably again, we will see you at noon."
Everyone laughed, but Shada scratched his head in embarrassment, and looked towards Chennian.Chen Nian glanced at Fan Jingyun seemingly casually, smiled and waved to Sha Da to show that he was okay, and said, "Hurry up and eat, don't dawdle any longer!"
After breakfast, Chen Nian ordered everyone to stay in the inn first, and took Fan Jingyun and Shada out by himself.Lu Xiao followed her as usual, and after he didn't want to go out, Chen Nian suddenly said to him: "I'll just walk around the street at will, the sky is bright and bright, there will be no danger. If you have something to do, go and do it yourself. Wait until night to go out."
Lu Xiao froze for a moment, he really planned to look for Tuobayao at night, but he didn't want to be exposed by Chen Nian, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
Chen Nian smiled, and said again: "What I said was not angry, don't think too much about it."
Lu Xiao looked at her again, nodded and said, "Okay."
After he finished speaking, he really went in the opposite direction. Chen Nian stood there watching his figure disappear into the corner of the street, and then turned around. Seeing Fan Jingyun's expression of confusion, he said, "He has something to do, let's Visit us."
Fan Jingyun had a very winking look, and when he heard this, he just nodded with a smile, and led Chen Nian to the busiest market in Xuanzhou without asking a single word.Chen Nian wanted to find out who Tuobayao was, so he purposely searched for shops owned by people from the Xian family. He visited many shops, bought a lot of miscellaneous things, and often chatted with the shopkeepers.
Fan Jingyun saw that Chen Nian wanted to inquire about matters related to the Xian family, so he said to her in a place where no one was around: "I used to go to Mobei Royal Court with a caravan, and I know something about the Xian family. If you want to know anything, just ask me. These shops look ordinary, but I don't know which one is the eyeliner of the Xian family, don't be caught by them."
Chen Nian was silent and said: "I was negligent."
Fan Jingyun smiled, "Maybe I'm thinking too much."
Chen Nian said seriously: "It's not a bad thing to be careful." She thought for a while, and then said to Fan Jingyun, "Tell me about the situation of the Xian family's royal court."
Fan Jingyun thought about it for a while, and briefly told Chen Nian about the situation of the royal family of the Xian family and several major clans. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Since the Shanyu of the previous two generations, some nobles of the Xian family have intended to Sinicize, like Lu Shaoxia's. The Lu surname came from the Sinicization of Buliugu, and the Tuoba clan of the royal family has the Chinese surname Yuan, such as the current Shanyu Tuobayao, whose Chinese name is Yuanyao."
Chen Nian's heart trembled, he was silent for a moment, and said to Shada beside him: "Sida, go over there and buy a few buns to eat, I'm a little hungry." Suspecting him, he answered and went to buy buns.Chen Nian raised his eyes to look at Fan Jingyun, looked at him quietly for a moment, and asked, "Who are you?"
He knew too much, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like an ordinary merchant.
Fan Jingyun looked at Chen Nian calmly, and replied: "The villain is from Yunxi."
"From Yunxi?" Chen Nian nodded clearly, and asked again, "You were the one who saved me last night?"
"Yes." Fan Jingyun replied, "I saw you going out alone last night, and the villain was worried, so he secretly followed."
Chen Nian was a little surprised by what he asked and said, so he couldn't help but sneered slightly, and said: "You are honest, I thought you had to hide it from me no matter what."
I didn't want Fan Jingyun to listen, but he said: "Before the villain came, the prince had an explanation, saying that as long as you ask, no matter what it is, you must tell the truth, and you must not deceive you." Speaking of this, Fan Jingyun stopped. After a pause, he whispered again, "He said he once promised not to lie to you, but he broke his promise, and he regrets it."
Prince?It should be Feng Junyang who has already attacked King Yunxi.Chen Nian stood there with his eyes lowered, and didn't speak for a long time.
Fan Jingyun was about to say more, but Shada had already returned with the buns in his arms.He stuffed one in his mouth, grabbed two more in his hand, stuffed the paper bag into Chen Nian's arms, and said vaguely: "Here, is it enough?"
Chen Nian showed him a sincere smile, seeing that his mouth was full, he couldn't help but ordered: "Eat slowly, let's go find a tea shop and buy some tea."
Silly laughed twice, gnawed on the steamed stuffed bun and continued walking forward.Chen Nian followed slowly behind, and said softly as if sighing: "Sometimes I can't help but think that in this world, only being a fool is the happiest, and you won't be guarded by others, and you don't need to guard against others, don't even think about it." You don’t have to worry about being cheated.”
Fan Jingyun didn't know if she was talking to herself or telling him, he was hesitating how to respond, but Chen Nian suddenly let out a very low chuckle, and asked him again: "Feng Junyang told you to go to my village What? Spy on me? Protect me?"
Fan Jingyun replied: "None."
Chen Nian was quite surprised, and turned his head to look at him in surprise: "Neither of them?"
Fan Jingyun nodded, pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "Actually, the villain has been ordered to investigate Miss He's disappearance."
Chen Nian was taken aback for a moment before asking: "Yun Sheng?"
"It's Miss Yunsheng." Fan Jingyun looked around vigilantly. Although there were many people on the street, there was no suspicious person around them, so he continued, "She disappeared in the winter of the previous year. Suppressed all the news, only said that she was recuperating because of her poor health."
Chen Nian frowned slightly, and said: "Last night, I heard a woman's voice very similar to Yun Sheng's at Tuoba Yao's place, but when I went to look for it, I couldn't find it."
Fan Jingyun said: "It is most likely Miss Yunsheng."
He immediately explained how Yunsheng disappeared in Taixing, and how he himself went to Mobei Royal Court to investigate the news under Feng Junyang's order, managed to get the pattern of the spirit bone, and then went to Taixing to find Feng's wife, and learned that there had been an old servant I saw that spirit bone on that silly girl.Fan Jingyun said: "From what we know so far, it should be Tuobayao's people who felt that the stupid girl could not be a princess, let alone the issue of blood reunification, so they temporarily decided to replace the stupid girl with Miss Yunsheng, and took her away. Royal court."
Chen Nian was extremely shocked, but it wasn't because Yun Sheng was taken away as the orphan of the prince's daughter.She still remembered that Lu Xiao asked her about the spirit bones when she was in Qingfengzhai.Unconsciously, her voice trembled, and she asked Fan Jingyun, "The spirit bone you mentioned is a wolf tooth?"
Unexpectedly, Fan Jingyun replied: "It looks like a wolf's fang, but it should be an ancient jade."
Although Chen Nian was still trying to maintain a calm face at this moment, her heart and mind were in a mess. Her complexion was very pale, but her lower lip, which had been bitten with her teeth before, now showed a bright red color, matching her The dull and colorless upper lip was in stark contrast.
Seeing her appearance like this, Fan Jingyun felt a little worried, and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?"
Chen Nian shook his head slowly, closed his eyes and stood there for a while before continuing to move forward slowly, and then asked Fan Jingyun, "How did you find out about my village?"
Fan Jingyun didn't answer, but tactfully persuaded: "This matter is a long story, why don't you find a place where the villain will tell you slowly."
After saying this, just in front of him, Shada also found a teahouse, pointed at that place, turned around and shouted to Chen Nian, "There is a teahouse over there."
Chen Nian and the two of them entered the tea house, so the place is no longer a busy city, and there are not many tea customers in the building.The three of them went straight up to the second floor, and sat down in an unoccupied place near the window.After the tea doctor had served the tea, Chen Nian drank a few sips, calmed down his emotions secretly, and watched Shada also drink a few cups of tea, and then sent him to send the purchased items back to the inn.
Shada always obeyed Chennian's orders, he answered and went downstairs with a lot of stuff in his arms.Fan Jingyun watched him go, and suddenly sighed in a low voice: "You are so kind."
Chen Nian sneered softly, and said: "It also depends on who, some people deserve my kindness to him, but some people don't."
Fan Jingyun could hear the innocence in her words, so he didn't dare to answer, he just lowered his head and pretended not to hear.
Chen Nian said: "Tell me, what did your master find out? Why did you go to my village?"
Fan Jingyun pondered for a while, and then replied: "My lord once sent someone to investigate your adoptive father and Lu Shaoxia, and learned that the surnames Mu and Lu are the Han surnames of the two tribes of Qiu Muling and Bu Liugu. All of them are members of the Xian family, who participated in the power struggle in the royal court a while ago. Before Miss Yunsheng disappeared, your adoptive father went to Shengdu to look for the prince, and when he learned that you were no longer with the prince, he went to Qingfeng Later, although the prince was unable to track down his whereabouts, judging from the time when Miss Yunsheng disappeared, it was after he left Qingfeng Village. It may be related to your adoptive father."
When Chen Nian heard this, he already had a general idea in his heart, but he sneered on his face: "Just because my adoptive father and Lu Xiao are from the Xian family, we can conclude that Yun Sheng's disappearance is related to them? Your master really dares to think." !"
"My lord is just guessing, so I asked the villain to investigate this matter." Fan Jingyun looked at her and said softly, "When the princess' accident happened, General He was in Shengdu. After returning to Taixing, he sent someone to investigate A man with a baby. The prince said that you have told him about your parents, and he sounds similar to the situation of the princess and General He Zhen. If Miss Yunsheng was really taken away by your adoptive father, Then most likely you should be..."
He didn't finish speaking, so he stopped.
Chen Nian's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but slowly closed his eyes.The adoptive father never told her about his biological parents. He only said a few words when he was drunk. When Feng Junyang was seriously injured, she did tell him these few words to comfort him. I didn't want Feng Junyang to guess so far with these two sentences.
She lowered her eyes and remained silent for a long time, and then asked again: "Has Taixing become so suspicious of me?"
Fan Jingyun replied: "Probably not. However, after Miss Yunsheng disappeared, General He seemed to have doubted the authenticity of that silly girl, and secretly sent spies to Xian's royal court, but he didn't know what they were looking for."
Chen Nian thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "Since you already know where Yun Sheng is, go ask her, and you will know who abducted her!"
Fan Jingyun looked distressed, and said: "Tuobayao takes Miss Yunsheng very seriously. The villain once stayed in the royal court of Mobei for a month, not to mention seeing her, but he didn't even say a word."
Chen Nian frowned unknowingly: "I can't get in touch with her, so what about my adoptive father? Is it possible that I can't even find out his whereabouts?"
Fan Jingyun nodded and said: "Exactly, this is also what the prince can't figure out. There are a few close ministers around Tuobayao who are from the Qiu Muling family, but they are all veterans for many years. Since the orphan of the prince and daughter appeared in the royal court, we will check again. I don't have any news about your adoptive father. That's why the prince asked the villain to go to Hukouling, to see if he can get some news from you."
Chen Nian was dumbfounded when he heard that, shook his head and said, "I don't know now either."
The two of them had nothing else to say, they could only face each other in silence.Fan Jingyun thought that since his identity had been exposed, Chen Nian would definitely not allow him to stay in the village any longer, so he said in a low voice: "After sending you back to the village, the villain will leave."
Don't want Chennian to look up at him, but asked: "You left, maybe you can guarantee that your master won't send someone else?"
This question made Fan Jingyun unable to answer, so he had to smile wryly: "This, the villain can't guarantee it for the prince."
Chen Nian twitched the corner of his mouth mockingly: "Then what difference does it make if you leave or not? If you leave, it's just a change from light to darkness. If that's the case, you might as well keep it, it's more convenient to use anyway. "She looked at Fan Jingyun provocatively and said, "Tell you, my lord, I, Xie Chennian, will always be the Xie Chennian in Taihang Mountains, and have nothing to do with Xianshi or Taixing. If you want to know something, just ask me directly, no need to play around!"
Fan Jingyun didn't dare to answer, so he just smiled.
Chen Nian put the broken silver on the table, got up and left the teahouse.Fan Jingyun couldn't understand her mind at all, and didn't dare to ask, so he followed quietly behind, watching her wandering to the Xuanzhou City Guard's Mansion, and walked around the City Guard's Mansion slowly, This is back to the inn.
Not long after they entered the door, Lu Xiao also hurried back from the outside. He was wearing a new set of black clothes. The skirt and cuffs were embroidered with dark patterns of gold thread, which looked both heroic and luxurious.Shada yelled at him: "You boy is not loyal enough. You went out and secretly bought new clothes to wear, but you forgot our brothers."
Lu Xiao ignored him, just went to see Chen Nian's expression.Chen Nian only glanced at him casually, and praised: "It's pretty good-looking, and with a shaved beard, it looks like a young master from an official family."
Everyone laughed in unison, and some even laughed and made fun of Lu Xiao.Although Lu Xiao also smiled on his face, but that smile was clearly a bit forced.Chen Nian stopped everyone from laughing, and said to Lu Xiao: "You and Brother Fan come to my room, I have something to discuss with you."
Lu Xiao and Fan Jingyun had their own thoughts, and they followed Chen Nian, but they didn't want Chen Nian to discuss with them how to steal Xuanzhou's official bank, saying: "Everything is most afraid of long nights and dreams. It’s better to get things done as soon as possible. From my point of view, according to our previous arrangement, we will divide the work into three parts. Brother Fan arranges people to stay outside the city guard’s mansion during the day, and I go to explore the road and step on the plates at night. In a few days, I will take the idiot to buy some goods to cover people's eyes and ears."
Fan Jingyun didn't respond first, but waited for Lu Xiao to speak.Sure enough, Lu Xiao frowned slightly and said, "I'll go with you at night."
Chen Nian looked at him twice and said, "Okay."
Lu Xiao's brows were at peace, and he sat there with his shoulders straight, silent.Chen Nian explained a few more words, then asked Fan Jingyun to go back to the room, but left Lu Xiao behind, looked at him carefully for a moment, and asked suddenly: "Are you injured?"
Lu Xiao raised his eyes to look at her, took a while, and then denied, "No."
"Don't lie to me, I smell the medicine for sores," Chen Nian said, "Unbutton your clothes and show me."
Lu Xiao's face was a little red, he stood up from the table, and said: "Don't mess around, you rest earlier, I'll go back to the room first." After he finished speaking, he turned and walked out, not wanting Chen Nian to sneak up from behind, Reaching out to grab his collar.Lu Xiao was startled, turned around subconsciously, and stretched out his arms to block Chen Nian, who knew that Chen Nian's move was actually a false move, his wrist flicked past him, and he came directly at his lapel.
The two of you came and went, and they used a few tricks in the blink of an eye, but when it comes to these small tricks, Lu Xiao is definitely not Chen Nian's opponent, and he is not good at using brute force on her, so he felt forced to be a little embarrassed, and endured it. Can't stop shouting in a low voice: "Xie Chennian, don't make trouble!"
Before he finished speaking, Chen Nian grabbed his skirt with both hands, and tore it aside, revealing the tightly wrapped white cotton cloth.Both of them froze, the smell of gold sore medicine mixed with a touch of blood rushed towards them, Chen Nian stared blankly for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Lu Xiao, and asked coldly, "How did you hurt?"
Lu Xiao pretended not to care, went to caress Chennian's hand, and said, "It's okay, a little flesh injury, I met an old friend, learned martial arts, and accidentally hurt it."
Chen Nian sneered, and said, "Don't tell me? Okay, I'll untie it and have a look!"
After speaking, he really stretched out his hand to find the knot of the cloth belt, so scared that Lu Xiao quickly held her hand and said, "Don't, let me tell you."
Only then did Chen Nian stop his hands and looked up at him.
Lu Xiao grinned at her and said in a low voice, "I did it myself."
Chen Nian stared at him, and asked again: "How many knives?" Her voice was cold and sharp, and she couldn't hear Lu Xiao's answer, so she asked sharply, "How many knives? Tell me, how many knives did you cut yourself?"
"Six knives." Lu Xiao replied.
Chen Nian's eye circles instantly turned red, and Lu Xiao felt his heart throbbing faintly, so he grinned at her and said softly: "He has an unusual status, if you insult him like that, I have to give him a step down. "
Chen Nian said nothing, just pursed his lips hard.
Lu Xiao took the skirt out of her hand to cover it up, and to coax her to cheer up, he deliberately joked: "It's also fortunate that you only wrote those two words, if you write more, this matter will be impossible."
Chen Nian lowered his eyes, and suddenly said without thinking: "Lu Xiao, I'm Xie Chennian, I'm just the bandit leader in Taihang Mountain——Xie Chennian."
Lu Xiao looked at her quietly for a moment, and said, "Xie Chennian, I know."
Chen Nian raised his jaw slightly when he heard the words, although his eye circles were still a little red, he showed his face and smiled at him, saying: "That's good."
Seeing her like this, Lu Xiao's heart brightened up again, he paused, and asked again: "When are you going to visit the city guard's mansion at night? I'll come to you."
He was injured, Chen Nian naturally refused to ask him to take risks with himself, and said: "This matter is not urgent, we have to wait for the news from Brother Fan first, it will take three to five days anyway, you should rest at ease to heal your injuries .”
I don't want to think that within two days, Fan Jingyun came back from inquiring a lot of information, not only found out the situation of the guards and patrols of the Chengshou Mansion, but also found out the approximate amount of the official bank.
"In the past, no matter what happened in Xuanzhou's secrets, Xuanzhou still had to obey the court's order on the surface, and paid some tax money to Shengdu every year. But since the war in Jiangbei, Xuanzhou stopped the tax money on the pretext of unstable roads." Fan Jingyun said in detail, and took out the layout map of the city guard's mansion that he did not know where to show it to Chen Nian, pointing to a place in it and said, "It is said that there are still many stored here, but the guards are also very strict."
Chen Nian looked at Fan Jingyun and smiled, and said: "Brother Fan is very skilled, he is really a talent in our village."
Fan Jingyun didn't know whether it was a real compliment or a fake compliment, so he responded neither humble nor overbearing: "The big boss is flattering you."
Chen Nian looked down at the blueprint, thought for a moment, and said: "I still have to go and find out, I see that this matter is not so simple."
(End of this chapter)
The moonlight was still outside the city, but at this moment, Chen Nian had no intention of admiring the scenery at all, so he raised his true energy and rushed all the way to the bottom of the hillside, then stabilized his figure and carefully probed inside.The apricot forest here is much denser than the place she and Lu Xiao went to before. After the night wind passed, the petals fell like snow, showing the tranquility and fragrance in the forest.
Chen Nian knew that the man in black was surrounded by experts, so he was very careful. He walked through the Xinglin for a while, but he didn't see any trace of those people. It was not until he was approaching the lake that he could faintly hear human voices.She regained her energy, and quietly dived to the lake, and finally saw a bonfire burning under the weeping willows by the lake.She was afraid of alarming those people, so she didn't dare to go forward too much, and she saw that the people surrounded by the fire were those Xian people from before, but she couldn't see the man in black, nor the woman who looked like a woman.
While Chen Nian was wondering, she suddenly heard a strong wind coming from behind, she hurriedly turned around and raised her saber to fight, barely holding back the scimitar that was swung down.The black-clothed man saw that he had missed a single blow, and immediately slashed down again with the next blow.Chen Nian took a few tricks forcefully, and noticed that this man's sword technique was somewhat similar to Lu Xiao's. He was secretly startled, and immediately changed his strategy, no longer resisting his blade forcefully, but only competing with him.
The people around the campfire were startled by the fight between the two of them, and they all gathered around.Chen Nian secretly appraised the martial arts between the two of them, thinking that as long as those people don't master it, she will not be able to control the man in black, at least it will not be difficult to escape from him, so he deliberately provoked him: "If you have the ability, you can do it." If you fight me alone, it's nothing to be able to win more and less!"
Tuoba Yao slightly raised his eyebrows. He was sitting alone on the top of the tree just now, and he saw clearly how Chen Nian hid his body and sneaked up. return.He didn't realize that he was a little surprised, and when he heard her deliberately provoke him, he really stopped those followers in a cold voice, not allowing them to intervene.
Although Chen Nian didn't know what he was talking about, seeing those people stopped and did not move forward, he guessed that he was telling them not to come.She was secretly delighted, and her footwork changed slightly. It seemed that Tuoba Yao was forcing her to retreat again and again, but she was leading him away from the guards a little bit.
Chen Nian has been secretly practicing Wuyun magic skills for more than half a year, and she has only just practiced to the second level, but her martial arts are far from the same as before, even against a master like Lu Xiao, although she can't win , but it can also fight with it.As for the man in front of him, although his saber skills were fierce and ruthless, he still had some distance behind Lu Xiao.What's more, when I was at Hukouling, I had nothing to do. Chen Nian had played many moves with Lu Xiao, and she was very familiar with this kind of saber technique. She became more and more sure that she could defeat this man. It's not messy at all.
Tuobayao didn't know what it was. He was proud of others and had a high opinion of himself. He felt that it was rare for a young woman in Chennian to have such kung fu, but he didn't think she was deliberately showing weakness to lure the enemy.Not to mention him, even his entourage and guards saw that Chen Nian's figure was a woman, so they had two points of contempt first, and Tuoba Yao ordered them not to come forward to help, so they really just stood there Watch the two of them fight.
Chen Nian staggered, and took a few steps back.The corner of Tuoba Yao's mouth hooked slightly, and he swung a knife to bully him.Chen Nian glanced at the guards out of the corner of his eye, estimated the distance, turned the blade in his hand, the power soared, the blade light immediately covered Tuoba Yao's whole body, and pointed at his vital points.
Tuobayao was caught off guard for a moment, but was forced into a bit of a panic by Chen Nian's long sword. The guards rushed to rescue him when they saw the accident, but before they could rush to him, Chen Nian knocked down the machete in Tuobayao's hand with one move, and the next knife fell Push him against the tree.
"Stop!" Chen Nian yelled to everyone in a cold voice, "If you go any further, I'll kill him with one blow!"
Although the guards couldn't understand her words, they also saw the situation clearly and didn't dare to act rashly for a while.Chen Nian looked at Tuobayao again, and said to him, "Tuobayao? It's called Tuobayao, isn't that right? Tell your men to back off, to the side of the fire."
Tuoba Yao remained silent, just staring at her coldly.
Chen Nian smiled slightly, and said, "Don't pretend you don't understand me, I know you understand Chinese."
Then Tuobayao ordered the guards in Xian's words: "Everyone retreat to the side of the fire."
The Xian family values loyalty and obedience the most. Although Tuobayao is under the sword of Chen Nian at this moment, the guards dare not disobey his orders, and they all retreat back with their hands down.Tuoba Yao lowered his eyes to look at Chen Nian, and asked lightly: "What do you want? Do you want to ask who I am?"
Chen Nian shook his head and said, "Since your name is Tuobayao, I will be able to find out your identity sooner or later. Let me ask you, who is Lu Xiao?"
Tuobayao didn't want her to go back and come back to ask about this, so he glanced at her indifferently, and instead sneered: "You and Lu Xiao can enjoy flowers late at night, but you don't know who he is?"
As soon as Chen Nian heard his words, he knew that there was nothing to ask from him, so he said again: "Since you don't want to say it, then I won't force it, you ask the woman who talked to you just now to come out and let me have a look." , I let you go."
Tuoba Yao frowned unconsciously, and said: "That's my concubine, what do you see her doing?"
Chen Nian secretly scolded and farted, thinking if he was just your concubine, how dare he speak your name!She rolled her eyes and replied: "I want to see what she looks like. Lu Xiao said she is a beauty. Hmph! I want to compare whether it is me or she who is more beautiful."
There was sourness in these words, like a child's anger, but Tuoba Yao was a little taken aback, and for a moment he didn't know if she was sincere or acting on purpose.He looked at her carefully. Although the black scarf covering her face covered most of her face, the pair of eyes exposed outside were as dazzling and shining like cold stars.
Tuoba Yao seriously replied: "You look better."
As soon as these words came out, although he couldn't see her face, he saw her eyes slightly bent, presumably she was smiling.Tuoba Yao was startled for a moment, and suddenly remembered that she had blood similar to his, and for some reason, felt a sense of intimacy in her heart.
But Chennian's eyes widened quickly again, and the knife in his hand increased a bit of strength, and he shouted: "Who knows if you are lying to me, you tell that woman to come out, I have to see it with my own eyes." Letter. Hurry up, hurry up, Lu Xiao will be chasing after a while."
She was so arrogant and rude. Although Tuobayao's face was cold, he showed a bit of helplessness, and said: "Okay, I will ask her to come out. But you have to let me go first, or Lu Xiao will see you later Press me with a knife and he will get angry."
Chen Nian hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "You call someone here first, and I'll let you go."
Tuobayao raised his voice and gave some instructions to the guards in Xianshi language, and when the two of them agreed to leave, he said to Chen Nian again: "I just asked someone to send her back, if you see her, you have to Just wait patiently for a while."
But Chen Nian said something bad in his heart, since that woman is not nearby, who knows who this man's entourage will bring to see her, even if he brings a random woman and says it is the one just now, she has no way of distinguishing.Chen Nian raised his eyes to look at Tuobayao, and saw that there was a hint of mockery in his eyes, as if he had already seen through her mind, and everything before was just to cooperate with her in acting.
She felt a little annoyed, and shouted in a low voice: "Tuobayao, do you think I really dare not kill you?"
"You don't dare, if you kill me, Lu Xiao will definitely turn against you." Tuoba Yao sneered, and then ridiculed, "I still think you have something special, but I don't think so, but you are brave and foolish, impulsive and ruthless, Relying on a bit of good looks, a little cleverness, pretending to be coquettish and foolish. Just relying on these, you think you can fool me? You really don’t deserve to—” He stopped halfway through his words, sneered, and then He continued, "Be the person Lu Xiao likes."
Chen Nian is extremely angry, her eyes are brighter like cold stars, since she practiced the Five Aggregates Divine Art, her emotions have been a little moody, she has also noticed it herself, she always restrains herself more on weekdays, but she has never shown it in front of others, but Hearing Tuoba Yao's ridicule at this moment, she only felt that the fire was burning in her heart, and she couldn't suppress it no matter what.
She sneered, and said: "Tuobayao, since you can see how impulsive I am, you shouldn't provoke me with words."
Tuobayao didn't say a word, just raised his eyebrows and looked at him, he was not willing to show weakness at all.
Chen Nian said: "That's right, I can't kill you, but it's limited to not killing you. I want to see if Lu Xiao will chop me twice for you just because I slashed you twice." revenge!"
The point of her knife was right in front of Tuobayao, and she said with a smile: "Someone taught me a word before - when a person is under the eaves, he must learn to bow his head. Today I will teach you this sentence." , but a barbarian like you must not be able to understand the essence of our Chinese language, and I need you to understand the meaning of these words."
Tuobayao's complexion changed slightly, Chen Nian's knife tip had already fallen, and he slashed several times in front of him like lightning. Each knife edge was half a foot long, and it had just cut half of the flesh, neither deep nor shallow, neat and uniform, Instead of hurting him, it is better to say that he deliberately humiliated him.
Tuobayao's guards didn't want Chennian to attack suddenly, fearing that Tuobayao's life would be lost, they all rushed forward with a loud shout.
Chen Nian retreated hastily, and the darts held between his fingers shot out at the same time, hitting the guards who were chasing at the front.Everyone was hindered by the darts, and their bodies were a little stagnant. Chen Nian took advantage of this moment to display the superb lightness kung fu taught by Jing Yuxuan.
Seeing that the guards could not catch up with her, Chen Nian felt complacent, he couldn't help but let out a long roar, turned around and rushed out of the forest.At this moment, there was another sharp whistling sound in the forest, but it didn't come from the mouth, but like the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air.The sound came very quickly, as if he was behind Chen Nian in an instant, Chen Nian dodged to the side without thinking, the arrow tip flew past her arm, and half a minute further inward was about to penetrate her arm.
Chen Nian was terrified, her figure was unstable, the second arrow and the third arrow followed one after another, this time she hid even more awkwardly, even the black scarf covering her face was torn off by the arrow wind .In a panic, she turned her head to look, and saw that there was an extra person on an apricot tree in the distance, who was shooting at her with a bow and arrow, without any intention of stopping.
If she was still in the forest before, she could still find trees to hide, but now she has run out of the apricot forest, and there is nothing around, how can she avoid this sharp arrow with the power of thunder?Chen Nian dodged seven or eight arrows in a row, before he could catch his breath, three more arrows shot at her, blocking her escape route.
She can't die!She will never allow herself to die here!
Chen Nian's pupils tightened in an instant, and the zhenqi in his body turned to the fastest speed. He shot down a feathered arrow with a long knife in his hand. Go grab that third arrow.She took the sharp arrow and felt that her palm was scorching hot, but she didn't hesitate for a moment, and immediately threw the feather arrow back at the person on the tree top.
It's just that the person was too far away, her arm strength couldn't match that of a strong bow, and the arrow lost its strength only halfway through, and fell from mid-air.But even so, everyone was still dumbfounded.People from the Xian family are the most powerful, and seeing her dodging the three deadly arrows so beautifully, someone among Tuoba Yao's guards applauded, and even the bow-leader from the top of the tree couldn't help but stop. Standing there quietly looking at Chen Nian.
Chen Nian has murderous intentions, and feels that it is better to go back to the forest and kill Tuoba Yao than to be stabbed in the back.Thinking of this, she raised her eyes and glanced at the person on the top of the tree, gritted her teeth, and rushed towards the forest again.Her move was beyond everyone's expectations. The guards opened their eyes slightly, and then divided into two groups. One group retreated to Tuoba Yao's side to guard, while the other group came to attack Chen Nian with a scimitar in hand. .
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight together, a man in black suddenly appeared in Linnei, and threw more than a dozen thunderbolt bombs at the Xian's guards. There were frequent explosions in all directions, and the forest was suddenly enveloped in choking smoke.The man rushed to Chen Nian's side, grabbed her arm, and shouted anxiously: "Go!"
Chen Nian didn't care to think too much, and rushed out together with him, just after leaving Xinglin, sharp arrows followed behind him.Chen Nian was extremely annoyed, he turned around and wanted to kill the archer, but he was stopped by the man beside him, who advised him, "Go quickly, the smoke is poisonous, he won't be able to shoot many arrows!"
Sure enough, the man only shot two more arrows before stopping, Chen Nian gave up, turned around and hurriedly chased the man in black towards Xuanzhou City.It's just that she spent a lot of internal energy just now to avoid those feathered arrows, and the speed of the person in front was extremely fast, she chased for a while, but fell further and further away, and when she reached the outside of Xuanzhou City, she had completely disappeared from the person figure.
At this moment the sky was already light, although Chen Nian was full of doubts, he didn't dare to delay any longer, hurriedly climbed over the city wall and rushed back to the inn.As soon as he got to the second floor of the inn, he saw Lu Xiao rushing out of her room. He was overjoyed to see her head on, and then he looked her up and down nervously, and asked anxiously, "Where have you been?"
Chen Nian's hair was in a slightly messy bun, and the black night clothes on his body were scratched in several places, and there were faint blood stains in some places, obviously he had just fought with someone.Lu Xiao lowered his head to take a closer look at the wound on her body, saw that it was an arrow wound, and couldn't help but asked in surprise, "You went back to that forest again?"
Chen Nian passed him and went straight into his room, and replied: "Go, not only went, but also fought with Tuoba Yao."
Lu Xiao frowned slightly, and asked her in a low voice, "Are you injured?"
Chen Nian looked relaxed, shook his head and said: "It's okay, just scratch the skin, but that Tuoba Yao didn't take advantage of it." When she said this, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise, "I'll scratch him. two words."
Lu Xiao asked in surprise, "You scratched him? With a knife?"
"Yeah!" Chen Nian nodded, his eyes sparkling, and he said with a low smile, "I originally wanted to scratch the word 'king' on him, but I endured it halfway and changed it to 'Santu'."
Lu Xiao looked at Chen Nian in astonishment, and was speechless for a while.
Chen Nian glanced at him, slowly suppressed his smile, and asked him, "Will you avenge him?"
Lu Xiao was silent for a while, but did not answer Chen Nian's question directly, but whispered: "You shouldn't go, it's very dangerous."
Chen Nian smiled when he heard the words, and said: "It's not too dangerous. Those people are not very powerful. Tuobayao's sword skills are somewhat similar to yours. I knew his next move before he finished his last move." What the trick was, it took a lot of advantage. It's just that an archer appeared later, so powerful that I almost couldn't hide." She described the appearance of the archer, and then asked Lu Xiao, "Do you know this People? Archery is so good."
Lu Xiao was silent for a while, but he simply replied: "I know."
Seeing that he refused to even say the archer's name, Chen Nian's heart sank slightly, although he was a little disappointed, he still smiled at him and said: "It's almost dawn, I'll change my clothes first, Come back and talk about something."
Lu Xiao couldn't figure out what she was thinking, so he stood there looking at her for a moment, then asked her softly, "You blame me for not telling you the truth, don't you?"
Chen Nian shook his head and said, "I don't complain, I know you have difficulties."
Lu Xiao wanted to explain a few words to her, but he didn't know what to say, so he stood in the room, and finally left the room silently.
After the door of the room was closed, Chen Nian turned around to look, unable to tell what was in his heart.Not complaining, but definitely uncomfortable.It was an annoyance. They all knew what was going on, but she was the only one trapped in the mist.They accompanied her, protected her, and made her grateful, but they saw her groping around and bumping into walls like a blind man.But she can't complain to anyone, and she can't complain.If you want to complain, you can only blame yourself for not being smart enough.
Chennian silently changed his night clothes, and when he was washing his face, he looked at himself reflected in the water basin, lost his mind for a while, and then said to himself in the water word by word: "You are just Xie Chennian, you are from the Taihang Mountains. Xie Chennian, this is enough!"
She took care of herself in a leisurely manner, went downstairs and saw Lu Xiao and Fan Jingyun sitting at the table waiting for her, she smiled and said: "You don't have to wait for me, just eat first." gone."
Fan Jingyun got up and smiled at her, and when Chen Nian sat down at the table, he loudly ordered Xiao Er to serve breakfast.The restaurant's meals had been prepared long ago, Xiao Er responded, and soon brought some steamed buns, white porridge, etc. on the table.The three of them ate halfway in silence, the other people in Hukouling went downstairs one after another, greeted Chen Nian, and sat around several tables to eat.
Chen Nian glanced at him, but he didn't see the idiot, so he asked Fan Jingyun who was in the same room with him, "Where is the idiot?"
Fan Jingyun smiled and said: "Si Da fell asleep and snored continuously all night. I woke him up when I went downstairs just now, but now it seems that he fell asleep again after I left. I'll go and call him now."
As he said that, he was about to get up and call for Shada, but Shada squinted his eyes and came down the stairs. Someone laughed and said, "It's a pity that you still don't sleep comfortably. If you want to sleep comfortably again, we will see you at noon."
Everyone laughed, but Shada scratched his head in embarrassment, and looked towards Chennian.Chen Nian glanced at Fan Jingyun seemingly casually, smiled and waved to Sha Da to show that he was okay, and said, "Hurry up and eat, don't dawdle any longer!"
After breakfast, Chen Nian ordered everyone to stay in the inn first, and took Fan Jingyun and Shada out by himself.Lu Xiao followed her as usual, and after he didn't want to go out, Chen Nian suddenly said to him: "I'll just walk around the street at will, the sky is bright and bright, there will be no danger. If you have something to do, go and do it yourself. Wait until night to go out."
Lu Xiao froze for a moment, he really planned to look for Tuobayao at night, but he didn't want to be exposed by Chen Nian, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
Chen Nian smiled, and said again: "What I said was not angry, don't think too much about it."
Lu Xiao looked at her again, nodded and said, "Okay."
After he finished speaking, he really went in the opposite direction. Chen Nian stood there watching his figure disappear into the corner of the street, and then turned around. Seeing Fan Jingyun's expression of confusion, he said, "He has something to do, let's Visit us."
Fan Jingyun had a very winking look, and when he heard this, he just nodded with a smile, and led Chen Nian to the busiest market in Xuanzhou without asking a single word.Chen Nian wanted to find out who Tuobayao was, so he purposely searched for shops owned by people from the Xian family. He visited many shops, bought a lot of miscellaneous things, and often chatted with the shopkeepers.
Fan Jingyun saw that Chen Nian wanted to inquire about matters related to the Xian family, so he said to her in a place where no one was around: "I used to go to Mobei Royal Court with a caravan, and I know something about the Xian family. If you want to know anything, just ask me. These shops look ordinary, but I don't know which one is the eyeliner of the Xian family, don't be caught by them."
Chen Nian was silent and said: "I was negligent."
Fan Jingyun smiled, "Maybe I'm thinking too much."
Chen Nian said seriously: "It's not a bad thing to be careful." She thought for a while, and then said to Fan Jingyun, "Tell me about the situation of the Xian family's royal court."
Fan Jingyun thought about it for a while, and briefly told Chen Nian about the situation of the royal family of the Xian family and several major clans. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Since the Shanyu of the previous two generations, some nobles of the Xian family have intended to Sinicize, like Lu Shaoxia's. The Lu surname came from the Sinicization of Buliugu, and the Tuoba clan of the royal family has the Chinese surname Yuan, such as the current Shanyu Tuobayao, whose Chinese name is Yuanyao."
Chen Nian's heart trembled, he was silent for a moment, and said to Shada beside him: "Sida, go over there and buy a few buns to eat, I'm a little hungry." Suspecting him, he answered and went to buy buns.Chen Nian raised his eyes to look at Fan Jingyun, looked at him quietly for a moment, and asked, "Who are you?"
He knew too much, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like an ordinary merchant.
Fan Jingyun looked at Chen Nian calmly, and replied: "The villain is from Yunxi."
"From Yunxi?" Chen Nian nodded clearly, and asked again, "You were the one who saved me last night?"
"Yes." Fan Jingyun replied, "I saw you going out alone last night, and the villain was worried, so he secretly followed."
Chen Nian was a little surprised by what he asked and said, so he couldn't help but sneered slightly, and said: "You are honest, I thought you had to hide it from me no matter what."
I didn't want Fan Jingyun to listen, but he said: "Before the villain came, the prince had an explanation, saying that as long as you ask, no matter what it is, you must tell the truth, and you must not deceive you." Speaking of this, Fan Jingyun stopped. After a pause, he whispered again, "He said he once promised not to lie to you, but he broke his promise, and he regrets it."
Prince?It should be Feng Junyang who has already attacked King Yunxi.Chen Nian stood there with his eyes lowered, and didn't speak for a long time.
Fan Jingyun was about to say more, but Shada had already returned with the buns in his arms.He stuffed one in his mouth, grabbed two more in his hand, stuffed the paper bag into Chen Nian's arms, and said vaguely: "Here, is it enough?"
Chen Nian showed him a sincere smile, seeing that his mouth was full, he couldn't help but ordered: "Eat slowly, let's go find a tea shop and buy some tea."
Silly laughed twice, gnawed on the steamed stuffed bun and continued walking forward.Chen Nian followed slowly behind, and said softly as if sighing: "Sometimes I can't help but think that in this world, only being a fool is the happiest, and you won't be guarded by others, and you don't need to guard against others, don't even think about it." You don’t have to worry about being cheated.”
Fan Jingyun didn't know if she was talking to herself or telling him, he was hesitating how to respond, but Chen Nian suddenly let out a very low chuckle, and asked him again: "Feng Junyang told you to go to my village What? Spy on me? Protect me?"
Fan Jingyun replied: "None."
Chen Nian was quite surprised, and turned his head to look at him in surprise: "Neither of them?"
Fan Jingyun nodded, pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "Actually, the villain has been ordered to investigate Miss He's disappearance."
Chen Nian was taken aback for a moment before asking: "Yun Sheng?"
"It's Miss Yunsheng." Fan Jingyun looked around vigilantly. Although there were many people on the street, there was no suspicious person around them, so he continued, "She disappeared in the winter of the previous year. Suppressed all the news, only said that she was recuperating because of her poor health."
Chen Nian frowned slightly, and said: "Last night, I heard a woman's voice very similar to Yun Sheng's at Tuoba Yao's place, but when I went to look for it, I couldn't find it."
Fan Jingyun said: "It is most likely Miss Yunsheng."
He immediately explained how Yunsheng disappeared in Taixing, and how he himself went to Mobei Royal Court to investigate the news under Feng Junyang's order, managed to get the pattern of the spirit bone, and then went to Taixing to find Feng's wife, and learned that there had been an old servant I saw that spirit bone on that silly girl.Fan Jingyun said: "From what we know so far, it should be Tuobayao's people who felt that the stupid girl could not be a princess, let alone the issue of blood reunification, so they temporarily decided to replace the stupid girl with Miss Yunsheng, and took her away. Royal court."
Chen Nian was extremely shocked, but it wasn't because Yun Sheng was taken away as the orphan of the prince's daughter.She still remembered that Lu Xiao asked her about the spirit bones when she was in Qingfengzhai.Unconsciously, her voice trembled, and she asked Fan Jingyun, "The spirit bone you mentioned is a wolf tooth?"
Unexpectedly, Fan Jingyun replied: "It looks like a wolf's fang, but it should be an ancient jade."
Although Chen Nian was still trying to maintain a calm face at this moment, her heart and mind were in a mess. Her complexion was very pale, but her lower lip, which had been bitten with her teeth before, now showed a bright red color, matching her The dull and colorless upper lip was in stark contrast.
Seeing her appearance like this, Fan Jingyun felt a little worried, and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?"
Chen Nian shook his head slowly, closed his eyes and stood there for a while before continuing to move forward slowly, and then asked Fan Jingyun, "How did you find out about my village?"
Fan Jingyun didn't answer, but tactfully persuaded: "This matter is a long story, why don't you find a place where the villain will tell you slowly."
After saying this, just in front of him, Shada also found a teahouse, pointed at that place, turned around and shouted to Chen Nian, "There is a teahouse over there."
Chen Nian and the two of them entered the tea house, so the place is no longer a busy city, and there are not many tea customers in the building.The three of them went straight up to the second floor, and sat down in an unoccupied place near the window.After the tea doctor had served the tea, Chen Nian drank a few sips, calmed down his emotions secretly, and watched Shada also drink a few cups of tea, and then sent him to send the purchased items back to the inn.
Shada always obeyed Chennian's orders, he answered and went downstairs with a lot of stuff in his arms.Fan Jingyun watched him go, and suddenly sighed in a low voice: "You are so kind."
Chen Nian sneered softly, and said: "It also depends on who, some people deserve my kindness to him, but some people don't."
Fan Jingyun could hear the innocence in her words, so he didn't dare to answer, he just lowered his head and pretended not to hear.
Chen Nian said: "Tell me, what did your master find out? Why did you go to my village?"
Fan Jingyun pondered for a while, and then replied: "My lord once sent someone to investigate your adoptive father and Lu Shaoxia, and learned that the surnames Mu and Lu are the Han surnames of the two tribes of Qiu Muling and Bu Liugu. All of them are members of the Xian family, who participated in the power struggle in the royal court a while ago. Before Miss Yunsheng disappeared, your adoptive father went to Shengdu to look for the prince, and when he learned that you were no longer with the prince, he went to Qingfeng Later, although the prince was unable to track down his whereabouts, judging from the time when Miss Yunsheng disappeared, it was after he left Qingfeng Village. It may be related to your adoptive father."
When Chen Nian heard this, he already had a general idea in his heart, but he sneered on his face: "Just because my adoptive father and Lu Xiao are from the Xian family, we can conclude that Yun Sheng's disappearance is related to them? Your master really dares to think." !"
"My lord is just guessing, so I asked the villain to investigate this matter." Fan Jingyun looked at her and said softly, "When the princess' accident happened, General He was in Shengdu. After returning to Taixing, he sent someone to investigate A man with a baby. The prince said that you have told him about your parents, and he sounds similar to the situation of the princess and General He Zhen. If Miss Yunsheng was really taken away by your adoptive father, Then most likely you should be..."
He didn't finish speaking, so he stopped.
Chen Nian's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but slowly closed his eyes.The adoptive father never told her about his biological parents. He only said a few words when he was drunk. When Feng Junyang was seriously injured, she did tell him these few words to comfort him. I didn't want Feng Junyang to guess so far with these two sentences.
She lowered her eyes and remained silent for a long time, and then asked again: "Has Taixing become so suspicious of me?"
Fan Jingyun replied: "Probably not. However, after Miss Yunsheng disappeared, General He seemed to have doubted the authenticity of that silly girl, and secretly sent spies to Xian's royal court, but he didn't know what they were looking for."
Chen Nian thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "Since you already know where Yun Sheng is, go ask her, and you will know who abducted her!"
Fan Jingyun looked distressed, and said: "Tuobayao takes Miss Yunsheng very seriously. The villain once stayed in the royal court of Mobei for a month, not to mention seeing her, but he didn't even say a word."
Chen Nian frowned unknowingly: "I can't get in touch with her, so what about my adoptive father? Is it possible that I can't even find out his whereabouts?"
Fan Jingyun nodded and said: "Exactly, this is also what the prince can't figure out. There are a few close ministers around Tuobayao who are from the Qiu Muling family, but they are all veterans for many years. Since the orphan of the prince and daughter appeared in the royal court, we will check again. I don't have any news about your adoptive father. That's why the prince asked the villain to go to Hukouling, to see if he can get some news from you."
Chen Nian was dumbfounded when he heard that, shook his head and said, "I don't know now either."
The two of them had nothing else to say, they could only face each other in silence.Fan Jingyun thought that since his identity had been exposed, Chen Nian would definitely not allow him to stay in the village any longer, so he said in a low voice: "After sending you back to the village, the villain will leave."
Don't want Chennian to look up at him, but asked: "You left, maybe you can guarantee that your master won't send someone else?"
This question made Fan Jingyun unable to answer, so he had to smile wryly: "This, the villain can't guarantee it for the prince."
Chen Nian twitched the corner of his mouth mockingly: "Then what difference does it make if you leave or not? If you leave, it's just a change from light to darkness. If that's the case, you might as well keep it, it's more convenient to use anyway. "She looked at Fan Jingyun provocatively and said, "Tell you, my lord, I, Xie Chennian, will always be the Xie Chennian in Taihang Mountains, and have nothing to do with Xianshi or Taixing. If you want to know something, just ask me directly, no need to play around!"
Fan Jingyun didn't dare to answer, so he just smiled.
Chen Nian put the broken silver on the table, got up and left the teahouse.Fan Jingyun couldn't understand her mind at all, and didn't dare to ask, so he followed quietly behind, watching her wandering to the Xuanzhou City Guard's Mansion, and walked around the City Guard's Mansion slowly, This is back to the inn.
Not long after they entered the door, Lu Xiao also hurried back from the outside. He was wearing a new set of black clothes. The skirt and cuffs were embroidered with dark patterns of gold thread, which looked both heroic and luxurious.Shada yelled at him: "You boy is not loyal enough. You went out and secretly bought new clothes to wear, but you forgot our brothers."
Lu Xiao ignored him, just went to see Chen Nian's expression.Chen Nian only glanced at him casually, and praised: "It's pretty good-looking, and with a shaved beard, it looks like a young master from an official family."
Everyone laughed in unison, and some even laughed and made fun of Lu Xiao.Although Lu Xiao also smiled on his face, but that smile was clearly a bit forced.Chen Nian stopped everyone from laughing, and said to Lu Xiao: "You and Brother Fan come to my room, I have something to discuss with you."
Lu Xiao and Fan Jingyun had their own thoughts, and they followed Chen Nian, but they didn't want Chen Nian to discuss with them how to steal Xuanzhou's official bank, saying: "Everything is most afraid of long nights and dreams. It’s better to get things done as soon as possible. From my point of view, according to our previous arrangement, we will divide the work into three parts. Brother Fan arranges people to stay outside the city guard’s mansion during the day, and I go to explore the road and step on the plates at night. In a few days, I will take the idiot to buy some goods to cover people's eyes and ears."
Fan Jingyun didn't respond first, but waited for Lu Xiao to speak.Sure enough, Lu Xiao frowned slightly and said, "I'll go with you at night."
Chen Nian looked at him twice and said, "Okay."
Lu Xiao's brows were at peace, and he sat there with his shoulders straight, silent.Chen Nian explained a few more words, then asked Fan Jingyun to go back to the room, but left Lu Xiao behind, looked at him carefully for a moment, and asked suddenly: "Are you injured?"
Lu Xiao raised his eyes to look at her, took a while, and then denied, "No."
"Don't lie to me, I smell the medicine for sores," Chen Nian said, "Unbutton your clothes and show me."
Lu Xiao's face was a little red, he stood up from the table, and said: "Don't mess around, you rest earlier, I'll go back to the room first." After he finished speaking, he turned and walked out, not wanting Chen Nian to sneak up from behind, Reaching out to grab his collar.Lu Xiao was startled, turned around subconsciously, and stretched out his arms to block Chen Nian, who knew that Chen Nian's move was actually a false move, his wrist flicked past him, and he came directly at his lapel.
The two of you came and went, and they used a few tricks in the blink of an eye, but when it comes to these small tricks, Lu Xiao is definitely not Chen Nian's opponent, and he is not good at using brute force on her, so he felt forced to be a little embarrassed, and endured it. Can't stop shouting in a low voice: "Xie Chennian, don't make trouble!"
Before he finished speaking, Chen Nian grabbed his skirt with both hands, and tore it aside, revealing the tightly wrapped white cotton cloth.Both of them froze, the smell of gold sore medicine mixed with a touch of blood rushed towards them, Chen Nian stared blankly for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Lu Xiao, and asked coldly, "How did you hurt?"
Lu Xiao pretended not to care, went to caress Chennian's hand, and said, "It's okay, a little flesh injury, I met an old friend, learned martial arts, and accidentally hurt it."
Chen Nian sneered, and said, "Don't tell me? Okay, I'll untie it and have a look!"
After speaking, he really stretched out his hand to find the knot of the cloth belt, so scared that Lu Xiao quickly held her hand and said, "Don't, let me tell you."
Only then did Chen Nian stop his hands and looked up at him.
Lu Xiao grinned at her and said in a low voice, "I did it myself."
Chen Nian stared at him, and asked again: "How many knives?" Her voice was cold and sharp, and she couldn't hear Lu Xiao's answer, so she asked sharply, "How many knives? Tell me, how many knives did you cut yourself?"
"Six knives." Lu Xiao replied.
Chen Nian's eye circles instantly turned red, and Lu Xiao felt his heart throbbing faintly, so he grinned at her and said softly: "He has an unusual status, if you insult him like that, I have to give him a step down. "
Chen Nian said nothing, just pursed his lips hard.
Lu Xiao took the skirt out of her hand to cover it up, and to coax her to cheer up, he deliberately joked: "It's also fortunate that you only wrote those two words, if you write more, this matter will be impossible."
Chen Nian lowered his eyes, and suddenly said without thinking: "Lu Xiao, I'm Xie Chennian, I'm just the bandit leader in Taihang Mountain——Xie Chennian."
Lu Xiao looked at her quietly for a moment, and said, "Xie Chennian, I know."
Chen Nian raised his jaw slightly when he heard the words, although his eye circles were still a little red, he showed his face and smiled at him, saying: "That's good."
Seeing her like this, Lu Xiao's heart brightened up again, he paused, and asked again: "When are you going to visit the city guard's mansion at night? I'll come to you."
He was injured, Chen Nian naturally refused to ask him to take risks with himself, and said: "This matter is not urgent, we have to wait for the news from Brother Fan first, it will take three to five days anyway, you should rest at ease to heal your injuries .”
I don't want to think that within two days, Fan Jingyun came back from inquiring a lot of information, not only found out the situation of the guards and patrols of the Chengshou Mansion, but also found out the approximate amount of the official bank.
"In the past, no matter what happened in Xuanzhou's secrets, Xuanzhou still had to obey the court's order on the surface, and paid some tax money to Shengdu every year. But since the war in Jiangbei, Xuanzhou stopped the tax money on the pretext of unstable roads." Fan Jingyun said in detail, and took out the layout map of the city guard's mansion that he did not know where to show it to Chen Nian, pointing to a place in it and said, "It is said that there are still many stored here, but the guards are also very strict."
Chen Nian looked at Fan Jingyun and smiled, and said: "Brother Fan is very skilled, he is really a talent in our village."
Fan Jingyun didn't know whether it was a real compliment or a fake compliment, so he responded neither humble nor overbearing: "The big boss is flattering you."
Chen Nian looked down at the blueprint, thought for a moment, and said: "I still have to go and find out, I see that this matter is not so simple."
(End of this chapter)
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