The rivers and lakes are full of local tyrants

In mid-to-late June, there are many vendors selling lotus flowers on the streets of Yunlan City, and there are also many lotus-related dishes and snacks in restaurants and teahouses, all to welcome the lotus viewing festival.

The state of Chu is rich and powerful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and know the etiquette with sufficient supplies. The lotus flower, which is clear and transparent and unstained from mud, naturally becomes a symbol of ideal personality. Therefore, the upper-class literati attach great importance to this festival. In other words, on this day, not only can you enjoy the beautiful scenery of lotus leaves reflecting the sun, but you can also put lotus lamps to watch the lantern festival, and then go to the temple to grab a piece of incense and auspiciousness. auspicious.

In the Palace of Chasing Shadows, a pool of lotus flowers is also blooming like smoke and clouds. There is a small boat parked in the middle of the lake. Shen Qianling is leaning on the bow and reading a book. The fur ball is lying in his arms, with a lotus petal on his head , Little Heidou's eyes are shining, and she feels that she is simply beautiful!

Qin Shaoyu stepped across the water in a few steps and landed firmly on the boat.

"Are you done?" Shen Qianling sat up.

"Well." Qin Shaoyu said, "I'll take you back and change your clothes, and we'll go down the mountain to eat."

"Going down the mountain?" Shen Qianling was puzzled, "Aunt Zhang said earlier that she would stew lotus root ribs at night, and she specifically told me to eat less at noon."

Qin Shaoyu laughed, "Save the lotus root ribs and come back for supper. The city is very lively tonight. It's a pity to miss it."

"Chirp!" Mao Qiu also nodded seriously.

Shen Xiaoshou was a little speechless, and started chirping when he knew what it was!When I hear beef ribs and melon seeds, I nod, and when I hear green vegetables, I pretend to be asleep. I'm about to become fine...

In midsummer, it is relatively cool for Shadow Chasing Palace to be located in the mountains, but it is really sweltering in the city.Shen Qianling stood in the room, picked out some light clothes to change into, and Mao Qiu stood on the threshold, spreading her short wings to express that she wanted to wear clothes too.

Qin Shaoyu said, "Why have you gained weight recently?"

"Really?" Shen Qianling said, "I think it's okay, probably because he just took a shower, and his hair is more shaggy!" He tried his best to find reasons for his son, and it was obvious that he was his own.

Qin Shaoyu shook his head, "Feed it less in the future." There were many beads left over from the little phoenix's previous play on the ground, and he accidentally stepped on one of them.When the hairball saw it, it immediately jumped off the threshold, twisted and ran over, stretched out its little paws and stepped on its father's feet accurately, and looked up at him angrily.

Qin Shaoyu was taken aback, "Do you really understand?"

Shen Qianling: ...

You are overthinking this young man.

"Palace Master, Young Master." The dark guard said from outside, "The chariots and horses are all ready."

"Let's go." Shen Qianling took a small red vest and put it on his son - anyway, it was a fire phoenix, so it wouldn't be too hot.

The Jianghu mascot followed behind happily, and secretly regretted that the little friends from Sun Moon Villa and Qijue Kingdom were not here, otherwise they could go to a banquet together.

After seeing the people in the Shadow Chasing Palace, the people at the foot of the mountain greeted them enthusiastically as always, and expressed their desire to touch their little hands.Maoqiu squatted on Shen Qianling's shoulders, spread his wings triumphantly, showed off his little vest in all directions, and even spun around, taking good care of the audience. It really deserves to be born by the film king, and there can be no more superstars demeanor.

The owner of the restaurant has already prepared a private room by the window, and you can see the winding Yunlan River when you turn your head. The scenery is superb and there is a slight breeze, but it doesn't feel stuffy.The appetizers are lotus leaf tea, diced lotus root, lotus flower cake and lotus seed jujube. Although they are simple, they are suitable for the occasion. They are light and refreshing, very appetizing.It's just that for the handsome and unrestrained guard, this small thing is obviously not enough to eat. It's almost empty before Xiao Er put it down. It was barely enough to cope with it.

The Jianghu mascot sighed while eating, we really eat a lot, and we can tell that we are very healthy.

Maoqiu is not interested in these vegetarian foods. After pecking a few lotus seeds, he slipped down from Shen Qianling's arms, ran around the restaurant a few times, and was touched and thrown high by countless people. He felt very comfortable. He even asked for a string of pearls from Zhang Yuanwai's aunt in the city, making money as usual.

As night approached, red lanterns were lit on both sides of the restaurant, and the streets gradually became lively.Shen Qianling swallowed the last mouthful of soup, and said satisfied, "I'm full."

"Come here." Qin Shaoyu stretched out his hand and called him.

Shen Xiaoshou was very principled, "No!"

Qin Shaoyu said, "Otherwise, um, you can choose yourself."

Shen Qianling was furious, "This is a restaurant!" Only perverts can do things like erm in a restaurant!

Qin Shaoyu didn't take it seriously, "So what?"

How is it?Shen Xiaoshou was speechless, his man was shameless.

"Hurry up." Qin Shaoyu urged.

Shen Qianling lost power and insulted the country, "I can only touch it."

Qin Shaoyu said, "OK."

The door of the private room is closed, so naturally no one can see it, but there are bustling crowds outside the window, and there are people talking outside the door from time to time. This kind of environment is not suitable for doing impure things, okay, it looks like a pervert!Shen Xiaoshou's body froze, feeling that her stomach was being pinched, and she felt that life would be worse than death.

How can this be.

There will be indigestion at night.

In addition to appreciating the lotus at the Lotus Watching Festival, lotus lanterns will also be released at night to remember the deceased.The small vendor's business was very good. Qin Shaoyu bought a lotus lantern, took Shen Qianling to a quiet corner, wrote down the name of the senior brother, and then gently put it into the river.

On the pitch-black river surface, the candles flickered on and off, followed the water flow to the distance, and slowly merged with a large piece of light. Shen Qianling turned his head, trying to determine what mood he was in now.

"It's all over." Qin Shaoyu said, "Don't worry."

"Yes." Shen Qianling took his hand actively.

Qin Shaoyu smiled, the two of them were just about to go back, but saw a woman in front of him setting off a river lantern, and a tall man standing behind him, with a crescent moon knife slung across his back, who looked like he had come from Came from the desert.

"Green waist." Shen Qianling recognized her.

"Palace Master Qin, Mr. Shen." The woman stood up straight, "What a coincidence."

The small lotus lantern meanders forward in the water. Although you can't read the words on it clearly, you can guess who it is for.Shen Qianling said, "I have been to Lichun Courtyard a few times, and the handymen in it all said you were not here." Ever since Baijian Villa left, she didn't know where she went, and only heard vague rumors in the rivers and lakes, saying that you were not there. I went to the desert alone, but I couldn't find any more information.

"I just came back today, and I originally planned to visit the Chasing Shadow Palace in a few days." Lu Yao said, "It happens to be the lotus viewing day, so I came here to put a river lantern."

"Are you still going?" Shen Qianling asked.

"Not for the time being." Lu Yao smiled, "The Lichun Courtyard will also be reopened, Mr. Shen can come anytime."

"En." Shen Qianling looked at the man behind her and said, "Is this your friend?"

Lu Yao nodded, "It is."

While the few people were talking, the man leaned against the tree and looked into the distance, as if he had nothing to do with this conversation, with some hideous scars on his face, but his eyes were calm.

"Then we won't bother you any more." Shen Qianling said, "If you are free, come to Chasing Shadow Palace as a guest at any time."

The green waist smiled, "Yeah."

After saying goodbye, Shen Qianling walked back with Qin Shaoyu and said, "What do you think?"

"How about what?" Qin Shaoyu asked.

"The green waist seems to be a lot more restrained than before." Shen Qianling said.

"When a woman goes alone into the desert, she will always encounter some people and things, and it is only natural that her personality will change." Qin Shaoyu said, "It may not be bad now."

"Where is that man, do you know who it is?" Shen Qianling asked.

Qin Shaoyu shook his head, "I've never seen it before."

"It would be great if the two could get married." Shen Qianling sighed.

Qin Shaoyu laughed, "I have to take care of this?"

"I just thought that she would have a good home." Shen Qianling said, the Sword Sword Villa had been completely sealed up, but the lives of the living would continue, so naturally they hoped for a happy ending.

"I'm afraid you and I can't control this matter." Qin Shaoyu took his hand and walked forward, "But the green waist is indeed a good girl, and God will not be willing to make things difficult for her, at least that man tonight should look like a girl. Master, don't worry about fighting in the future."

Shen Qianling didn't know whether to laugh or cry and kicked him, violent people or something.

Most of the people who set off the river lanterns are at the covered bridge, the upstream is quite quiet, and there are not many lights around.Qin Shaoyu simply picked him up, and while walking forward, he squeezed and felt to take advantage of him. The two were fighting, and even the air was warm and sweet. Seeing that their lips were about to meet, a group of hidden guards suddenly Rumble ran over, "Master!" The voice was deafening!

Shen Qianling was taken aback, and hurriedly got out of Qin Shaoyu's arms.

Qin Shaoyu's face darkened, "Did you bump into a ghost?"

If it was normal, for such things as "interrupting the kiss between the palace lord and the son", the hidden guards would definitely scramble to shirk responsibility, so as not to be sent to clean the latrine or simply sell it!But this time is an exception, because... the Young Palace Master is missing!

"What?" Shen Qianling was dumbfounded.

"It's true." The dark guard burst into tears, "It was still there when I was watching the fun by the river, but it disappeared in a blink of an eye. We searched for a long time and couldn't find it."

Shen Xiaoshou suddenly became dizzy!

At the same time, the people by the river had already heard the tragic news of "Little Phoenix disappeared", and immediately felt that their whole body was going to be bad.You must know that fur balls are very popular in Yunlan City. They are often taken down the mountain by the hidden guards to play. They know everyone very well, and they almost melt their hearts when they chirp from time to time. Missing things are completely unbearable!

So all of a sudden, countless torches were lit on both sides of the Yunlan River, and the people voluntarily joined the ranks of looking for the little phoenix. The scene is touching!

"Don't worry." Qin Shaoyu comforted, "Maybe it's just for fun at a small stall, and it will run out by itself after a while."

Shen Qianling was furious, and followed the hidden guards to search in the crowd.

But in fact, Little Phoenix is ​​in a miserable situation now because it has been kidnapped!

Originally, he was squatting on the body of the dark guard and chirping happily, but he saw a stall selling lotus candy behind him, so he spread his wings and fluttered to the ground, wanting to go over and have a taste.Since it was often like this before, the hidden guard didn't care, and the result was a tragedy.

At this moment, Mao Qiu was squatting in a small cage made of black iron, looking angrily at the two men in front of him.

"Hey, it's really a phoenix." One of them turned on the light and took a closer look at the short tail feathers on the back of its buttocks. "Now we brothers can be considered rich."

"Be careful, this is the phoenix from Chasing Shadow Palace, Qin Shaoyu is not easy to mess with." Another scarred face said, "We have to find a way to get it out of the city quickly, so that we can sell it at a good price in the south."

These two are traders from Nanyang. They were originally in the spice business, but because they were too greedy for money, they suffered a lot. Not only did they damage the cargo ship, but they also offended many people. To see if there is a chance to make a fortune, I accidentally saw the little phoenix following the dark guard down the mountain to do errands—no matter which country I am in, the phoenix is ​​an auspicious sign. Rare, the princes and nobles are even more sought after.If this little thing is sold to Nanyang, it will be worth a lot of money, and the people there don't have much contact with Chu, so naturally they won't be afraid of the power of Chasing Shadow Palace, so it's much easier to get rid of it.Having made up their minds, the two of them made a lot of preparations in secret, and they really succeeded.

This is the underground darkroom of an old mansion, and they are not worried that the chirping of Little Phoenix will be heard by others, and Yunlan City is located on the water and land arteries, there are many caravans coming in and out every day, so there is no need to worry about people Suspicious, so now the most worthy of concern is how to get Little Phoenix out of the city without anyone noticing.

Mongolian sweat medicine must never be used, otherwise, if it is accidentally killed, then this trip will be in vain, but the defense at the gate of the city must be extremely tight now, and it is not a good time to leave the city, so we can only wait for the opportunity.Yi Litou took some deep-fried broken steamed buns from the side and pushed them into the cage.

The furball raised its claws, kicked it out accurately, and tweeted angrily——take it back quickly!

"What does the phoenix want to eat?" Lu Litou asked his accomplice.

Scarface said bitterly, "How would I know."

Yi Litou pulled some leftover roast chicken from the two of them.

The fur ball became even more angry, and the little wings flapped like a whistling wind, and it was slapped out!

But don't starve to death... The two panicked, quickly found out all the edible things in the house, handed them in, and then watched Little Phoenix kick them out, feeling a little tight in their chests.

It's over, it's over, I only thought about how to tie it back, but I didn't think about how to raise it after being tied back, I thought it was similar to feeding chickens.

Looking at the little phoenix curled up in a ball in the cage, both of them had a premonition that "the money will fly away"!After finally getting through the night in fear, before dawn the next day, I hurried out to find out the news. First, I wanted to find out what the Phoenix eats, and second, I also wanted to see what was going on in the city. Take it out, and you can feel at ease if you sell it earlier.

Mao Qiu squatted alone in the small cage, surrounded by pitch black, feeling very depressed.After finally trying to push his head out, his chubby body was almost stuck, and the little claw stomped hard twice, but the black iron cage didn't show any deformation, but it made him a little dizzy from the shock, and he was still very hungry!

Usually at this time, I should have eaten delicious jerky bibimbap long ago!

It's worth watching Thunderbolt!

Naturally, the city was in chaos. If everyone was lucky last night, thinking that Little Phoenix might have been mischievous and got lost by himself, then after a night of searching, almost everyone has already decided that it was really taken by someone. It's gone—otherwise, the hairball, which can't stop bouncing around for a moment, is absolutely impossible to disappear for so long.

Home!Of course!have!people!dare!tie!shelf!Small!phoenix!phoenix!

The people were instantly angry!

It's just a daredevil, isn't it!

Everyone rolled up their sleeves and said that after finding it, they must beat the thief to death!Under the leadership of Zhao Wu, the hidden guards cooperated with the government to conduct door-to-door investigations, hoping to find some clues.The guards around the gates of the city were also stepped up, not to mention a phoenix, even a fly could not fly out.But even so, after a day passed, there was still no useful news.

"Don't worry." Inside the official residence, Qin Shaoyu hugged Shen Qianling and patted him, "It'll be fine."

"Yeah." Shen Qianling was so anxious that even his eyes were red.

Qin Shaoyu sighed in his heart, lowered his head and kissed his hair, and hugged him tighter.

As dusk approached, a group of people in a street shop were eating noodles and chatting, and the topic was naturally about Little Phoenix.Lu Litou asked for a bowl of scallion oil noodles, but he also pretended to go over.

"I don't know who is so bold." One of them said, "If Palace Master Qin finds out, what will happen."

"It's just madness." Another person said, "That's an auspicious omen that the Emperor Chu himself canonized. There are really people who dare to do evil things, and they are not afraid of retribution."

"Could it be some Jianghu sect that has enmity with Palace Master Qin?" Someone speculated.

"It's hard to say." Another person said, "We don't know anything about the Jianghu. We just hope that we can find Little Phoenix as soon as possible."

"Palace Master Qin's hands and eyes are open to the sky, so it shouldn't be difficult to find him, right?" Lu Litou took the opportunity to interject.

"That's natural." There are many vendors in Yunlan City, and no one will be suspicious of unfamiliar faces, so the big guys said one after another, "Now there are not only the guards of Yunlan City in the city, but also the Chu army transferred from outside. , even if we dig three feet into the ground this time, we will definitely find Little Phoenix."

I was stunned for a moment. He lived in Nanyang for a long time these years. Although he had heard about the affairs of Chu State, he didn't know much about it. He didn't expect that there would be an army to help, so he felt guilty for a moment—but this is normal, otherwise, if he really found out everything, he probably wouldn't have the courage to kidnap Little Phoenix.

Before, I only thought that I was barefoot and wanted to grab a pair of shoes to wear, thinking that even if I was caught by the owner, I would just return the shoes, but I didn't expect that this time I stole it from the head of Yama, and listened to the people around me. Meaning, if caught this time, not only the shoes will be gone, but even the feet will be chopped off.So he was not in the mood to eat anymore, he dropped the bowl and walked back, thinking of finding a safer place to hide Little Phoenix.And another accomplice was just like him, sitting in a restaurant, listening to the people around him chatting.

"I don't know if it's the long-headed bag. Even the phoenix dares to steal it." The owner of the restaurant stood behind the counter and clicked his tongue, "Let's not say that he can't steal it. Raised?"

"Why?" Scarface asked quickly.

The boss eloquently said, "You only need to drink water from the dew among the flowers, and you only need Tianshan snow lotus to eat. It is difficult for ordinary people to find it, even to look at it. Not to mention the deep mountain spring for bathing, and the peacock blanket for sleeping. It has to be sprinkled with pearls."

Scarface was dizzy.

"But Little Phoenix clearly ate beef jerky last time." Someone raised an objection.

Scar's face brightened, this seems to be easy to find!

"That's not something ordinary people can afford." The boss said, "The golden shredded beef in the wine shop in the west of the city is a must, not to mention the best beef, even pepper, ginger, salt, and charcoal fire are required before they can be cooked. Produce top-grade beef, which can barely catch the eyes of ancient spirit birds."

Scarface secretly heaved a sigh of relief, even if it was more expensive, it would be better to go and find some damn Tianshan snow lotus and morning dew, so after the meal, he pretended to take a stroll to the west of the city to buy a pack of golden shredded beef go home.

"Why did you come back?" The sick man was anxious in the room, and when he saw his accomplice, he hurried up to meet him.

"I'm looking for news. I bought some beef jerky and fed it to Phoenix." Dao Scar said, "Did you find any news today?"

"It's amazing, the Shadow Chasing Palace seems to regard this phoenix as its lifeblood, and I heard that even Emperor Chu's army has come." Li Li nodded, "The gate of the city is closely guarded, we may not be able to get out. .”

"What are you afraid of? It's a waste of time. Just leave this little thing here and we can run away." Scar's face was bolder, "No one has suspected us yet, so don't mess around."

"Are you sure?" Li Litou was still guilty.

"Then what can we do, didn't we also say that people from Chasing Shadow Palace can go to the sky and enter the earth, or they were stolen by us to the Phoenix." Scarface walked in, "Don't scare yourself, I think Qin Shaoyu is no more in this way."

Diarrhea quickly followed.

"Chirp!" In the underground dark room, Fuqiu was lying in the cage, and the little black bean's eyes were full of grief and indignation!

Haven't eaten all day!

In fact, according to the nature of the phoenix, it will be fine if you don't eat for ten days and a half months, but the problem is that this one is not an ordinary phoenix, but a phoenix that was fed by the shadow chasing palace together!Not only do you have to eat three meals on time every day, but you also need to add snacks and melon seeds and beef jerky from time to time in order to grow up healthy!It's totally intolerable not to eat or something all day long!

Scarface quickly unpacked the beef jerky, pinched one and handed it over.

Although I was a little hungry, Fuqiu still turned her head resolutely, and took two steps back, "Choo!!!" Don't squeeze it with your hands!

But Scarface obviously didn't understand what it meant. Instead, he thought it was refusing to eat it, so he felt a little confused—what exactly did he want to feed.

"Jiujiujiu!" Seeing that he was holding the paper bag still, Fuqiu became even angrier and kicked the door vigorously with his small claws.

"Mother, I don't really want to transform into a shape." Li Li was very timid.

"Hua your mother, don't scare yourself!" Scarface stared at the cage, "Be honest!"

"Chirp, chirp, chirp!" Mao Qiu looked at him angrily, with a chubby little body!

"Quickly stop barking, stop barking." Even though it was underground and no one would hear it, Li Litou was still terrified by it. He casually took the paper bag from Scarface's hand, opened it and handed it all over. Thinking about which one it likes, pick it yourself, as long as it doesn't make noise.

No need to touch or anything, that's pretty much it!Fuqiu took one angrily, turned around and ran to a small corner to start pecking—you must not be hungry!

"Finally it's over." Lu Litou heaved a sigh of relief.

"Go get some clean well water and keep it like this first." Dao Scar said with a face, "Even if the government searches from house to house, this dark room is not so easy to find. If we can keep looking for a year or two, there will always be a day when the defense is lax, and when the time comes to sell to Nanyang, we brothers will have enough for the rest of our lives."

Money makes people courageous, and it sounds reasonable, and Li Li nodded his head, "That's it!" The thief ships are all on board, there is no reason to lose money, and it's okay to gamble.

"Chirp!" After eating his stomach full, Fuqiu lay lazily in the cage, and began to think about the serious issue of how to get out.

The Young Palace Master of Chasing Shadow Palace is not stupid at all, alright, although he has not grown up and cannot call the wind and rain with his eyes, but he is still very domineering.

So the next morning, when Scarface and Diapertou went to the dark room to check, they were horrified to find that the little Phoenix, who had to be tied back, seemed to be sick.

"Chirp..." Fuqiu curled up weakly into a small ball, even the eyes of Little Black Bean were closed together, his whole body trembled slightly, it was so lifelike.

"God." Sure enough, the head of the sputum collapsed again, why are there so many things!

"Calm down!" Scarface slapped him away, went to check in front of the cage, then turned and said angrily, "Why didn't you remove the beef jerky last night, you must be full!"

Fuqiu hiccupped secretly - it was really a little stuffed, no one cared about it, it ate a little too much!

"I forgot." The diarrhea head wanted to cry but had no tears, "What should I do, do I need some laxatives?"

"How does I know?" Scarface circled the table.

Diarrhea looked at him with a weeping face.

The fur ball lay lazily in the nest, closed its eyes and planned to sleep for a while.

Even if he is kidnapped, he must not suffer any disadvantages, and to torture the bad guys to the point of death is really very similar to Shen Xiaoshou's demeanor of dealing with the leader of the Demon Cult, and he will not embarrass the Shadow Chasing Palace.

Very worthy of a thumbs up.