treacherous world

Bai Yutang followed Mr. Lu Tiexin into the inner house, and saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl sitting in the room, and saw a stranger coming in, who was still a man, so he lowered his head and stood aside, looking very reserved .

"Hey, don't be afraid, call him Daxia Bai."

The little girl glanced at Bai Yutang cautiously, and called out in a low voice, "Hero Bai."

Bai Yutang nodded, thinking that this might be the orphan girl Luo Qingshan entrusted to Lu Tiexin.

Lu Tiexin told Bai Yutang that her name was Luo Yuan.

After the girl brought the tea, Lu Tiexin carefully closed the door, sat at the table and stared at Bai Yutang, as if very cautious.

Bai Yutang felt a little uncomfortable being watched by him, and thought that the old man was just playing with him, right?

"Cough cough." The old man also felt that this was not right. After coughing twice, he said seriously, "Oh, young man Bai, I'm getting old. If I hadn't really been cornered, I wouldn't have the cheek to beg my juniors. You can help me anyway."

Bai Yutang was puzzled when he heard this, and nodded, "If the old man has anything to say, just say it, and I will naturally help if I can."

"Uh... I can't say it." The old man shut his mouth.

Bai Yutang thought in his heart that you are asking me to do something shameful, right?What is there to say?

"That..." The old man hesitated for a moment, but still said bravely, "My brother Luo Qingshan died because he received a ghost dart. Have you heard of Bai Shaoxia?"

Bai Yutang nodded, thinking that you have invited me to mourn the funeral, so I have to find out who died, right?

"Do you know what the ghost dart he picked up was?" Lu Tiexin lowered his voice and asked.

Seeing his appearance, Bai Yutang panicked and wondered where he was going?Just shook his head.

The old man waved to Luo Yuan, "Girl, take out what your father gave you, and show it to Shaoxia Bai."

The girl came over and took off a pocket from her waist. The pocket was really not too small, but it was very thin. The little girl wrapped it around her waist and covered it with a coat, so she couldn't see it.

Luo Yuan gently opened the bag, took out something from inside, and handed it to Bai Yutang.

As soon as the thing is taken out, there is a golden light, which catches people's eyes.I saw that it was a flat token, the token was hollowed out and made of gold, and half of it was a crane flying in the clouds. The clouds flowed to the tail, but it turned into a delicate peacock feather!The whole gold medal is simple and elegant, and it is not an ordinary utensil at first glance. There is a clear engraved stamp in the middle, which reads "the emperor's life is ordered, and the virtuous will prosper".

Bai Yutang frowned secretly, these four characters were the handwriting on Li Shimin's engraved seal of entrustment in the early Tang Dynasty.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Bian Hede, a native of Chu, and Shibi lived together for several years, and finally, when Qin unified the six kingdoms, it was in the hands of King Yingzheng of Qin.Yingzheng then ordered Li Si's seal script to read the eight characters "Ordered by heaven, and live forever". Sun Shou, a jade worker in Xianyang, carved these eight characters on Heshibi and made it into a jade seal for the country, symbolizing imperial power.Subsequent disputes in the world, Chuanguo Yuxi has always been an important symbol of the struggle for imperial power.

When Tang Taizong Li Shimin ascended the throne, Chuan Guo Yuxi was brought into Mobei Turkic by Empress Xiao.Because there was no Jade Seal of Chuanguo, Li Shimin had someone carve the Xuanxi Seal of Order to replace the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.It was not until the fourth year of Zhenguan that Chuanguo Yuxi was able to return to Tang Dynasty.From then on, the Xuanxi Seal of Entrustment was no longer used, so the treasures with the seal of Xuanxi Ensign were especially precious.

This piece of gilt gold is recorded in the history books. Its name is Liu Heling, which was bestowed by Li Shimin to the first dancer of the Tang Dynasty.

Bai Yutang is also proficient in antiques, knowing that this is a priceless treasure, but it is also an ominous thing.

Liu Heling is not a simple antique, but a artifact of gods and ghosts!It is said that the dancer later used the sharp mouth of the tail feathers of the golden biscuit to cut her own throat, so the golden peacock feathers turned dark red. Although they were also shining, the blood stains could not be wiped off.

This is a treasure worth tens of thousands of gold or tens of millions of gold. It was later lost to the people and collected by many wealthy bandits.However, all holders, at least one year and at most three years, must be exposed to the streets and die without a place to bury them!

Of course, this is just a legend and cannot be tested. Bai Yutang originally thought that even this gilt crane feather was fake, but he didn't expect it to exist.

Take it upside down and look at it, it really doesn't look like a fake.

"Bai Shaoxia has read a lot of scriptures, so he should know about this thing?" Lu Tiexin asked cautiously.

Bai Yutang nodded lightly, "Liu Heling."

"Oh!" Lu Tiexin seemed relieved, "Young Xia really knows."

Bai Yutang put the things on the table and asked Lu Tiexin puzzled, "What does this have to do with me?"

"Uh... I heard rumors in the world that Brother Bai has a good friend named Xie Jiutian." The old man asked tentatively again.

"Heh." Bai Yutang couldn't help laughing dryly, "I really do."

"I heard that he once chased you back and forth to worship you as his teacher and obeyed your words. Is there such a thing?" Lu Tiexin continued to ask.

Bai Yutang shook his head, "He did want to worship me as his teacher, but he just said something casually, not as exaggerated as the rumors in the world."

Speaking of this Scorpion Nine Heavens, he is actually a famous bandit.

This person is nine feet tall, very majestic and strong, he got his name because he is good at wielding a scorpion tail whip.This man is nearly forty years old, and his kung fu is extremely powerful.Gathered about a hundred of his subordinates, hid in the deep mountains, and robbed houses.But he doesn't rob the poor, he only robs rich and unkind people and corrupt officials.Because he has no fixed place to live, like a nomad, he lives on this mountain for a month today and tomorrow on another mountain for half a year, so the imperial court and the government have nothing to do with him.

About seven or eight years ago, Bai Yutang had not been in Jianghu for a long time, and happened to pass by a woods, just in time for Xie Jiutian to be chased and killed by ten Jianghu killers, and rescued him when he had nowhere to go.Xie Jiutian was a rough person, at first he thought that Bai Yutang was just a little boy or a little boy, what could he do?Unexpectedly, he easily dealt with all the top ten killers, and even robbed him of a pot of good Li Huabai before leaving without even looking at him.

That Xie Jiutian may be a celebrity, but he is a lowly bone. He has only robbed others in his life. This is the first time he has been robbed by others. He is so convinced by Bai Yutang that he kneels and kowtows to ask for a teacher. Bai Yutang is so shocked that he runs away when he sees him .

However, Bai Yutang felt that Zhixie Jiutian's behavior was acceptable, so he drank a few glasses of wine together.Bai Yutang also went to visit his cottage, after that, Xie Jiutian failed in his apprenticeship, so Bai Yutang left a sentence for him on the wall - don't hurt good people.Just gone without a trace.

It is said that Xie Jiutian later asked someone to dig out that piece of wall covering and frame it with gold, saying that it will be used as a family heirloom in the future.

Bai Yutang and Lu Tiexin had reservations, Xie Jiutian, indeed he would do whatever he asked him to do.

"It's good to know each other!" Lu Tiexin said, "That... the one who killed Luo Qingshan was Xie Jiutian!"

Bai Yutang's face turned cold, "Is there any proof?"

Lu Tiexin was taken aback, "Someone saw it with their own eyes."

Bai Yutang shook his head slightly, "Who?"

Lu Tiexin pointed at Luo Yuan.

Bai Yutang looked at Luo Yuan.

Luo Yuan nodded, "Daddy said that the person who killed him is called Xie Jiutian."

"What did your father say before he died?" Bai Yutang frowned.

"No, after death." Luo Yuan whispered, "Daddy said it in a dream the night after death."

Bai Yutang took a deep breath to resist the urge to lose his temper, turned to look at Lu Tiexin, and said in his heart that she is a child and you are not young, do you believe this statement? !

"Bai Shaoxia, listen to me." Lu Tiexin saw that Bai Yutang was a little annoyed, and quickly continued, "Of course I won't believe this, but Xie Jiutian did say that not long ago, whoever has Liu Heling, he Just kill whoever! That's why I said that Liu Heling is a ghost dart!"

Hearing this, Bai Yutang frowned, and asked after a long time, "Why did he kill the man with the gilt crane feathers?"

"This... I don't know!" Lu Tiexin shook his head, "I originally thought that Liu Heling let him kill Luo Qingshan and then stole it, but I didn't expect that the girl told me a while ago that she was still on her body." Lu Tiexin Tie Xin quickly hid the gilt crane feather and returned it to Luo Yuan, "Here, there is no impenetrable wall. If the news gets out, I'm not afraid of others, but the nine-day kung fu of the scorpion is not something ordinary people can match. The family has a big business, with hundreds of people!"

Bai Yutang waved his hand lightly, indicating that he understood what Lu Tiexin meant, "Does anyone know that this Liu Heling is in your hands?"

"Not yet, I'm very careful! But, many people know that this girl is with me, just in case..." Lu Tiexin wept.

Bai Yutang still couldn't understand, Xie Jiutian never killed innocent people indiscriminately, why must he kill people with gilt crane feathers?

"How does the old man want me to help you?" Bai Yutang asked straight to the point.

Lu Tiexin laughed twice, as ugly as he could be, then pushed the girl towards Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"That... Can Young Master Bai take this girl to Kaifeng Mansion? Together with that Liu Heling?"

Bai Yutang frowned, thinking that you are really good, this is your best friend's daughter, you just gave a helpless orphan girl to a stranger to take away just to protect yourself?

Luo Yuan stood aside with red eye circles, one could imagine what kind of mood she was in, a child no one wanted.

Bai Yutang looked at Lu Tiexin and asked, "If I don't take her away, what are you going to do?"

"Uh..." Lu Tiexin looked at Luo Yuan, sighed, and kindly reached out to touch Luo Yuan's head, and said, "Baby, although your father and I are also good friends, but this is a life-killing business. I really can't bear this old bone! Why don't you lose Liu Heling, how about it?"

Luo Yuan hugged Liu Heling tightly and shook her head, "Don't lose it."

"Oh, it's not edible, why are you keeping it!" Lu Tiexin seemed to have persuaded her many times.

"I can avenge my father." Luo Yuan was quite stubborn.

"This..." Lu Tiexin spread his hands and looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang finally understood why all the escorts of Luo Qingshan's family left their homes because they were afraid of being implicated.This gilt crane feather was originally an ominous thing, and what Xie Jiutian wanted was the life of the person with the gilt crane feather, as long as there was no one, it would be safe.

Bai Yutang stood up with the knife in his hand, Lu Tiexin looked at him, saw him cup his hands slightly, turned and left, he also sighed.

When Bai Yutang walked to the door, seeing the girl still standing by the table stupidly, he said, "Let's go."

The girl was taken aback, seeing that Bai Yutang was still waiting for her, she turned her head to look at Lu Tiexin, Lu Tiexin was pleasantly surprised, and quickly pushed her, "Go, go, it's your luck that Young Master Bai is willing to take you away."

Luo Yuan looked at her father's former friends who were smiling and full of benevolence and morality, and felt depressed.She had seen this kind of wink countless times, squatted down, reached out to grab the small bundle under the stool, Luo Yuan followed Bai Yutang and walked out the door.

Bai Yutang saw that she kept her baggage at hand at all times, and probably was driven away wherever she went, no wonder she lived in the study all the time, so he shook his head helplessly.

Walking near the mourning hall, Luo Yuan looked at Bai Yutang when she heard the mournful sound of the zither, "I think, give daddy another incense."

Bai Yutang nodded, and was waiting for her at the side door, suddenly seemed to think of something, and asked him, "What is Lu Tiexin's favorite?"

"Oh, birds." Luo Yuan replied, "He has hundreds of rare birds in his garden, and it is said that one is worth several thousand taels."

Bai Yutang nodded knowingly, "I'll wait for you at the gate. I'll come out after paying my respects. Go to Kaifeng mansion and tell Mr. Bao how your father died. If Xie Jiutian really did it, send someone to arrest him."

"En!" The girl nodded and went into the mourning hall to pay homage.Bai Yutang listened attentively to the sound... At this moment, the sound of the zither just stopped, so he followed the birdsong and found the backyard.

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After Luo Yuan kowtowed to her father and went out the gate, she saw Bai Yutang standing there with her hands behind her back, but she didn't know when she was holding a big white cloth bag.

She walked up, and Bai Yutang took her to Kaifeng. As soon as she walked up the street, as if she suddenly thought of something, Bai Yutang wrapped the white cloth for her, "Open it and have a look."

Luo Yuan foolishly accepted the white cloth bag, and suddenly felt something moving inside, which made her let go of her hand in shock.

Immediately, the cloth bag fell to the ground and scattered, with a crash... Hundreds of colorful birds flew out with flapping wings, straight into the sky.

Passers-by stopped to watch, and many clapped their hands and said it was beautiful.

"Ah!" Luo Yuan opened her mouth wide. Isn't that Lu Tiexin's favorite bird?After watching for a long time, until the birds flew high into the sky and disappeared, Luo Yuan suddenly covered her mouth and laughed sullenly.

He trotted to catch up with Bai Yutang who had walked a long way ahead, and went back to Kaifeng Mansion with him.

In the iron master, Lu Tiexin was happy to get rid of Luo Yuan, a terrible girl. He ordered the housekeeper to ask someone to go for a walk in the rivers and lakes. Rumors said that Luo Yuan was taken away by Bai Yutang, and Liu Heling was also taken away.

Just as he was talking, he heard his nephew Lu Fu running in yelling, "Uncle, uncle, it's not good!"

Lu Tiexin was taken aback, "What's wrong?"

Afterwards, he was taken to the backyard by Lu Fu, and he felt his heart pounding, his ears buzzing, and he was struggling to breathe.I saw that hundreds of bird cages in the yard had been chopped down, and not a single bird was left, only a few bird feathers remained.

"This is..." Lu Tiexin suddenly thought of something, he beat his chest and felt like weeping, no wonder everyone in Jianghu said not to offend Bai Yutang, as expected.

It is said that after this, the Lu family always recruited night cats, and Lu Tiexin bought a bird, and the night cats took it after a short time, and it was useless to move.

……

Zhan Zhao and Zhao Pu searched and searched, and finally found the duck neck shop.

Zhan Zhaoxin said when did he offend the duck, and why this duck neck shop was always hovering in front of his eyes.

Gongsun also wondered, "Is it a coincidence, or is it intentional?"

Zhao Pu shook his head and said to Zhe Ying, "Go back and restore the entrance of the cave to its original appearance. Remember, don't let anyone find out! Send more people to guard nearby. There must be no shortage of people for twelve hours. See if there are any In and out."

"Yes!" Zhe Ying took the order and went.

Zhan Zhao walked around in front of the duck neck shop, sneezed two more times, pinched his nose and waved his hands, saying that he couldn't do this job, Gongsun was helpless.

Zhao Pu also felt that it was better not to startle the snake, this matter is no small matter, go back and discuss it with Bao Xiang and the others first, and then make a plan.