Queen's Detective

"That is to say, the owner of this jade pendant is a couple with Madman Chu?" Ling Ding also leaned over, with a piece of dry cloth covering his head, and asked curiously, "There is a word Xia engraved on the jade pendant, is it a girl Xia?"

Yan Sanbai paused, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and then he said: "Cough, yes, this Xia... girl is the real owner of the jade pendant, but she died early, before the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It’s gone. When I was young, I met Chu Kuangren by fate and lived with him for a period of time. He told me about this palace, and before leaving, he gave me this jade pendant.”

Hearing this, Ling Ding's eyes showed surprise, "Hero Yan, you have indeed seen Madman Chu!"

With such a voice alone, everyone who was still awake immediately looked over.It's just that there is no doubt in their eyes, most of them are just curious, even the members of the Tianhua faction who had conflicts before, are also convinced by Yan Sanbai at this moment.Even Fang Zhi became much more silent after experiencing this incident.

There were a lot of candles burning in the hall, but it was not very bright. Yan Sanbai sat in the half-light, with a calm expression, "In fact, the Chu madman I met in the lower class is quite different from the rumored one. At that time, he and the ancestor of Tianshan In a decisive battle, the ancestor died, and he was seriously injured and unable to move. Then he met this child who was wandering around because of his family's ruin. He couldn't move, so he kept talking to me. Unexpectedly, this person not only learned a lot from ancient times to the present, but also learned a lot. Extraordinary, to me, he is considered a half master."

"No wonder he gave the jade pendant to you, Brother Yan. It is rumored that the madman Chu never took in an apprentice in his life. Probably because of this, he wanted to pass on what he had learned when he was seriously injured. This is also a big deal for Brother Yan and us. It's a great fortune. Otherwise, none of us will be spared today." Xu Changjin said leisurely.He didn't ask if Madman Chu had taught Yan Sanbai his own martial arts, and the rest of the people at the scene refrained from asking, even if someone wanted to ask, they were stopped by others with their eyes.

They all accepted Yan Sanbai's kindness, some things are best left alone.

Ling Ding changed the subject flexibly, "Then is he dead now?"

Yan Sanbai paused, then nodded, "He won't appear again."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of loss, the old generation of madmen just passed away with the wind, and the legend will one day become a cliché.

Moreover, this person not only fooled all of them with three pennies, but indirectly saved them once, it is really hard to judge.

Thinking in this way, exhaustion and sleepiness gradually came to my heart, the sound of even breathing gradually sounded, and the hall returned to calm.Only Yan Sanbai sat cross-legged alone, without recovering his energy, and looked up at the picture of immortals and ghosts above his head, speechless.

The next day, the first ray of sunlight at dawn rose from the distant mountain depression, and a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the forest in the south of Eagle Beak Ridge. Afterwards, several figures staggered out of the forest and did not walk a few steps , They all fell on the side of the road, and the weeds on the side of the road were stained red with blood.

After a few breaths, another group of people stumbled out of the forest, among which two young women were particularly eye-catching.This place is not next to the official road, and usually there are few people there. After they came out of the forest, they immediately practiced kung fu to heal their injuries, and there was still panic in their eyes.

These people are naturally Qiu Chan and Xiao He.At this moment, Qiu Chan's left hand was dripping with blood, she wiped the black blood from the corner of her mouth, looked back at the slightly gloomy black forest, and frowned deeply.I don't know how many wild beasts suddenly appeared in the jungle last night, they would bite anyone they saw, and they became even more crazy when they smelled the blood. They fought fiercely all night and finally escaped, but there were only so few people left.

It must be the two fat men, Ah Da and Ah Er, Qiu Chan thought to herself, she underestimated the ability of abandoning the palace this day, she did not expect that just two gatekeepers would have such a powerful ability to control beasts.Knowing that they should have been killed early in the morning, Qiu Chan couldn't help but a gleam of coldness flashed in his eyes.

She turned her head to look at Xiao He again, and said coldly: "That Tang Qianjun, why didn't you kill him?"

Xiao He glanced at him lightly, "I don't need you to tell me what to do. This time the plan failed, you should think about how to explain to the master."

"Heh." Qiu Chan sneered, "I can't escape, do you think the master will easily bypass you?"

Hearing this, Xiao He's face couldn't help becoming more serious, and the bodies of those men in black trembled uncontrollably, as if they had heard the most terrifying thing in the world.

Qiu Chan looked at them, and the corner of her mouth couldn't help but twitched into a sneering smile.And at this moment, a light suddenly appeared from a corner not far away.At this time, the sky is not very bright yet, the white of the morning and the black of the night merge together, and the mountain fog in the distance makes the daylight even more hazy, and it is precisely in this haze that a lamp hangs like a bean on the carriage, When the sun and the moon alternate, they come swaying.

The carriage is a black car.

A large pure black dome covers the roof, like a big black umbrella, covering the entire carriage in shadow.That lamp hung at the very front under the cover of the big umbrella, with a faint, pale light.

Seeing this situation, those men in black immediately knelt down on one knee, their bodies stiffened. Qiu Chan and Xiao He were also solemn, and they retreated to the side of the road and lowered their heads.

The carriage stopped slowly in front of them, and the driver couldn't see his face clearly while wearing a bamboo hat. He turned around and respectfully opened the curtain in front of the carriage slightly, revealing a black figure sitting inside.

A white and delicate hand was exposed from the black cloak, the white was almost sickly white, very white with a hint of frailty.

"Cough, cough." The man coughed a few times, but it was these coughs that made everyone here shudder.The man's face was also half-hidden by the curtain, only a pointed chin was exposed, which was also sickly white, distinct from his black robe.

"Failed?" A faint voice sounded, unidentifiable between male and female.

But Qiu Chan lowered her head even lower, "Yes, master, it's because Qiu Chan underestimated the enemy, but there is no such thing as treasure in the underground palace, please forgive me, master."

"No? How do you know?"

Hearing this slightly rising tone, Qiu Chan's heart trembled violently, she clenched her hands tightly, and decided to take a gamble, "Return to Master, this is what Yan Sanbai said."

After finishing speaking, there was a long silence.Qiu Chan lowered her head, feeling the deadly silence, her back was covered with sweat.After a long time, she heard the man cough again, and then there seemed to be a chuckle, "Well, I'll spare you this time. But don't think that you can rely on him to pass the test every time, you are different from him , understand?"

Qiu Chan's heart skipped a beat, but she still breathed a sigh of relief, "Qiu Chan knows."

"Let Xiao He help you in the future."

After finishing speaking, the curtain was lowered again, the coachman raised his whip, and the lamp dangled, and continued to move forward.

It wasn't until the carriage was far away that Qiu Chan raised her head, clenched her teeth, and glanced at Xiao He who looked calm.

At this time, the sun finally crossed the hillside and climbed to the top of the mountain, and the soft golden-orange light spread across the earth. On the observatory of Tianqi Palace, the astrology disk split into two halves again, and a disheveled Yanxia climbed out along the rope from inside. Tan, followed by a disgraced King of Luoyang crawling out.

The two of them groped in the dark early in the morning and slid down this secret passage into the underground palace. The secret passage was made of unknown material. The walls were smooth and round, and they were not damaged in the slightest by yesterday's shock.From the point of view of play, it is a good experience to slide so smoothly.

Yan Sanbai spread out his palms, revealing three ordinary copper coins.These three copper coins are the three that Madman Chu put in the coffin to play with various martial arts, Yan Sanbai was willing to take the risk to take them out, and solemnly wiped them clean.

"These three coins are related to that Miss Xia?" Li Yan asked.

Yan Sanbai nodded. In fact, what Madman Chu said was not wrong. Under the seemingly shocking deception, he said the most truthful words—compared to the gold mountains, silver seas, and peerless secrets, these three pennies are his most precious. Valuable treasure.Because it was given to him by that person, it was three pennies that he was reluctant to spend even when he was poor.

"I also picked up something." Li Yan said suddenly.Yan Sanbai turned his head to look, and saw a jade pendant lying on Li Yan's palm, he thought, took out the jade pendant in his arms and compared it, they were exactly the same.

Yan Sanbai stared blankly at the two identical jade pendants, the one engraved with Chu characters should have been dropped by Chen Shanwen when he fled in a hurry.Unexpectedly, after many years, the owner of the jade pendant could not be reunited, but they went around and came back together.

"Tell me, is the owner of this jade pendant really Miss Xia?" Li Yan asked again suddenly.

"Why do you ask that?" Yan Sanbai asked with a strange look in his eyes, pretending not to know.

Li Yan raised the corners of his mouth, "Madman Chu values ​​this jade pendant so much, it can be seen that the owner of the jade pendant is very important to him, but don't you think it's strange that there is nothing for women in the entire Heavenly Abandoned Palace, but there is a The study used by scribes. A study with a completely different style from Chu Kuangren himself."

Yan Sanbai rubbed his nose, "Maybe it was just on a whim."

Li Yan grabbed the tassels of the jade pendants, shook them, lowered his head and leaned closer to Yan Sanbai, who was pretending to be serious, "This is a pair of phoenix pendants, not mandarin ducks, but phoenix pendants. Both phoenix and phoenix are male." Yes, the number one scholar who has read a lot of poetry and books doesn't know about it?"

"Cough." Yan Sanbai was helpless, "Your Highness really has sharp eyes."

"It's useless to flatter." Li Yan shook his head with his hands behind his back.

Yan Sanbai had no choice but to compromise, "You actually know that one too."

Only then did Li Yan ask in surprise, "I know you?"

"Yes," Yan Sanbai turned his head to look outside the observatory, in the direction of Chang'an, "or in other words, everyone in the entire Great Zhou knows him."

Do you know everyone in Dazhou?This made Li Yan even more surprised. As everyone knows, it is very likely that he is a scribe, surnamed Xia... Suddenly, he finally thought of a name, and his eyes widened, "It's him?"

Although he didn't say the person's name, Yan Sanbai knew that they must be thinking of the same person, "The last Jing Zhaoyin in the previous dynasty, Xia Lingjun. In the third year of Yuansheng, you still personally I gave him the Longevity Card and put it in the Confucian Temple on Linbei Lane in Chang'an City, where he was incensed by all people."

Hearing this, Li Yan couldn't calm down for a long time.In the third year of Yuansheng, he was only half a boy. At that time, as a descendant, he held a memorial tablet for Xia Lingjun who had no heirs left.For the royal family, this is already a very high courtesy.

It's just that I didn't expect that Xia Lingjun would have something to do with Chu Kuangren. These two are one in the temple and the other in the rivers and lakes. One is righteous and the other is evil.Although Li Yan once suspected that someone secretly protected Xia Lingjun from being killed by the traitor, he didn't boldly contact Chu Kuangren.

He now fully understands why Yan Sanbai didn't speak out, how popular Xia Lingjun is among the people, he is Jing Zhaoyin, the parent official of the people in Chang'an, and with a great sense of righteousness, he is alone in the filthy front court The court struggled to support him.That is a real man of righteousness with the world in mind, a literati, but the heroes of the world bow down for him.He is also a rare capable minister among the Qingliu of the past dynasties.

But the shady scene was too heavy, and his power alone was hard to subvert after all.

Reality is often crueler than legends. In the end, that Xia Lingjun could not escape the fate of being murdered by a traitor, and died tragically on Zhuque Street. He had never seen the peaceful world of Haiyan and Heqing until his death.

Such a person, I am afraid that the world will not be able to accept any stain on him.

Although Yan Sanbai thinks that the matter between him and the madman Chu is not a stain at all, but Wanmin's heart is hard to guess, it's not that it can't be said, but it doesn't have to be said.

Madman Chu is Madman Chu, Xia Lingjun is Xia Lingjun, who they love and hate is their own business, why bother with the world.

The most important thing is that the Sri Lankan has passed away, and speaking out will only add to the sadness.

However, Yan Sanbai hesitated for a moment, and still asked the question in his heart, "The prince doesn't seem to be surprised by this at all?"

Li Yan smiled, and asked back: "Why do you feel strange? Why is it strange? In the eyes of the world, they are all legends. Isn't it normal for such amazing, talented and beautiful people to attract each other?"

Yan Sanbai looked at Li Yan in the morning light, and couldn't help softening his eyes a little. When talking to him, his mood was always so broad-minded, as if all problems were no longer problems.

He smiled slightly, "Indeed, it's normal."

As he said that, Li Yan seemed to think of something again, looked Yan Sanbai up and down, and said, "Madman Chu gave you the jade pendant, does he think you are very similar to Xia Lingjun?"

"Uh..." Yan Sanbai recalled the scene when he saw Madman Chu, "It doesn't look like..."

Li Yan smiled, neither denying nor affirming.He immediately stuffed the jade pendant engraved with Chu characters into his bosom, and kept it privately.Yan Sanbai looked down at the coin in his hand, and put it away again.

After just a moment, it didn't feel right again.

What's wrong?I can't tell.

Time went back to before a stick of incense, Nanzhu saw that Ding Ding was going to get food alone, and he hadn't come back for a long time, so he went out to look for it.But when he walked outside the main hall, he saw a person standing in the woods from afar, and waved to him.That fairy-like man with white hair and youthful features was not his master Qiu Xuzi.

Nanzhu hurried over and wanted to call him, but Qiu Xuzi made a 'shh' gesture, turned around with his little apprentice and entered the forest, all the way away.

Nanzhu looked up at Master in puzzlement, "Master, aren't we going to see Senior Brother?"

Qiu Xuzi shook his head inscrutablely, "Your senior brother has already encountered his own karma, and his doom has arrived, so he has to go through it by himself."

"Doom?" Nanzhu immediately became worried, "What doom? Will Senior Brother be in danger?"

Qiu Xuzi said: "As for your incomprehensible senior brother, apart from romantic debts and peach blossom disasters, what else can trouble him?"

Nanzhu's eyes lit up suddenly, "Are you saying that senior brother fell in love with a senior sister from Baihuamen!"

Qiu Xuzi held his forehead and sighed one after another, "You can't teach children, you can't teach them."

Nanzhu still had to be ashamed to ask, "Master, you said that there is a noble person on this trip, is the nobleman Brother Yan? I like him very much, and he has a very good relationship with his senior brother. Sometimes they talk, and they are all the same. What do you think?" Will he help my senior brother..."

Little apprentice Ren chattered endlessly, Qiu Xuzi turned his head and glanced at the tall observatory, where the two figures, one red and one white, stood facing the wind, looking at the way they talked side by side, unexpectedly, how much happiness was born.

That's all, who's the cause, who's the effect, whether it's karma or marriage, you have to tie the bell to untie it.