Simulation of all things: starting with copper skin and iron bones

Chapter 163 Something Big Has Happened!Missing!

The night passed quickly.

The next day, just after dawn, Wei An was woken up suddenly.

He heard the sound of playing, playing and singing, and the sound of firecrackers, which was very noisy.

Gusu Zhongqi's birthday banquet will be held today!

Sleeping is impossible.

Wei An turned over and felt the urge to urinate, so he got up to take a urinate, and after he finished, he opened the window to let the air out.

Suddenly, he saw a person in the yard, it was a thin old man, holding something in his hand.

Upon closer inspection, it was clearly a sandalwood box, and there was one in every house, which was specially used to hold incense.

The yard has a fountain pool.

The thin old man walked to the pool, opened the sandalwood box, and then fished out a few beautiful pebbles from the pool and put them in.

After that, he smiled with satisfaction and closed the lid.

Next, he took out a red cloth from his pocket, covered the sandalwood box, wrapped it up, and tied a bow at the end.

Wei An frowned slightly, turned his head to look at the table in the room, and was speechless for a moment.

It turned out that the red cloth was the tablecloth!
"Good guy, you really know how to save money!"

Wei Anlue pondered for a while, pushed the door out, ran into the skinny old man head-on, and said indifferently: "Hey, your gift is ready? What kind of baby?"

The skinny old man patted the sandalwood box and said with a chuckle, "A heavy gift! My gift is definitely heavier than yours."

The corners of Wei An's mouth turned up slightly, and he said with a smile: "I heard that the gift will be opened in full view of the public, and your gift must surprise everyone."

"What, open it in public?"

The thin old man's expression changed, and he blinked and said, "No, there's no need to open it in public! My gift is very rare, and I'm afraid it will blind everyone's eyes."

Wei An smiled and said, "Is this your first time having a banquet? The congratulatory gift you give to others will definitely be inspected in person and recorded in the register, so as not to cause problems later, and both sides can't explain clearly."

The skinny old man lowered his head and thought for a while, then patted his legs and said, "That's really true. Speaking of which, I really haven't had a meal for a long time..."

Gollum!
His stomach growled.

"Oh, I'm hungry again."

The skinny old man rubbed his stomach, smacked his lips and said, "It doesn't matter, anyway, I have a congratulatory gift, and I must go to dinner today."

While talking, the young maidservant came and saluted: "You two, the time has come, you can go to celebrate your birthday."

The skinny old man asked, "When does the birthday banquet start?"

The young maidservant replied: "Today is the running water feast, which is uninterrupted throughout the day. You can eat as long as you want."

The skinny old man was immediately overjoyed, he quickly pulled Wei An, and shouted: "Let's go, let's eat."

Wei An said repeatedly: "Don't worry, wait for me, I'll go to the room to get the congratulatory gift."

Not long after, Wei An came out with a red brocade box tied with a red ribbon.

The skinny old man looked at Wei An's congratulatory gift, then looked down at his own, and said with a chuckle, "It's not too bad."

The two went to the palace together.

When I got to the hall, I took a look, good guy!
The ostentation is very big!
It was seen that Gusu Zhong Qi was sitting on the main seat, and the guests lined up with gifts, and one by one came forward to pay respects to him on his birthday.

"Bu Xuanben, owner of Flying Eagle Villa, presents three South Sea night pearls, wishing the old patriarch good fortune like the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan."

"Yan Taifa, the representative of the Tianding faction, presents a ten-thousand-year Jiuquling ginseng, wishing the elders a long life that is higher than the sky, and a blessing that is deeper than the sea.

……

The guests stepped forward one by one, bowed, said birthday words, and offered gifts, and someone next to them received the gifts and took notes.

It's full of ritual!
After a while, it was the turn of the skinny old man. He stepped forward and shouted: "Xiao Jiuwu, a wanderer from the end of the world, present a box of rare gems. I wish the old patriarch the sun and the moon to be prosperous, the song and the crane to be Changchun, always laughing, and family forever." Enjoy."

"Well, you're welcome."

Gusu Zhong Qi responded lightly, without looking at the skinny old man.

The skinny old man walked down immediately, handed over the congratulatory gift, and left as quickly as if the soles of his feet were oiled before being checked.

The person who received the gift opened the wooden box, suddenly froze, and said in a low voice, "Hey, isn't this just a pebble? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a rare gem?"

The person in charge of recording stretched his head to look, curled his lips and said: "That old man looks like a poor scholar, how can he have rare gems?"

Picking up a pen and writing a line: Xiao Jiuwu, a box of pebbles.

Next it was Wei An's turn. He stepped forward and said unhurriedly: "Representative of Pan Tianzong, present a box of health-preserving pills, and wish the old patriarch good fortune and prosperity in the sky, and a house full of gold and jade."

"Oh, it turned out to be a distinguished guest of Pan Tianzong, and send greetings to Sect Master Liu on behalf of the old man." Gusu Zhongqi laughed.

"The junior must bring it." Wei An responded, handed out the red brocade box, and then heaved a sigh of relief.

The mission is finally complete.

The person who received the gift opened the red brocade box, suddenly froze again, blinked and said, "Why is it empty?"

"empty?!"

Wei An hurriedly looked down, his eyes narrowed suddenly.

The red brocade box is empty!

Before departure, Wei An personally checked the contents of the brocade box. There was originally a white porcelain bottle with a sealed mouth, but at this moment, the white porcelain bottle had disappeared.

"what happened?"

Gusu Zhong Qi frowned slightly, and turned to look over.

The person receiving the gift glanced at Wei An, walked quickly to Gusu Zhongqi, and whispered something in his ear.

Gusu Zhong Qi was silent, waved his hands and said: "Accept the congratulatory gift first, and talk about it later."

"clear."

The person who received the gift understood, returned to his original position, and said loudly: "Pan Tianzong's congratulatory gift, a bottle of health-preserving pill."

The person who took the record also picked up a pen and wrote it down.

With a serious expression on his face, Wei An slowly left the hall, returned to the room in the other courtyard, looked around, and sat down.

"The white porcelain bottle was stolen..."

From Pan Tianzong all the way to Xiyang County, Wei An has been careful, never leaving the red brocade box, even when he was sleeping, he put the red brocade box under his pillow.

Moreover, he practiced the treasure gourd sleep technique at night, so he was extremely alert, and no one could easily approach him.

In other words, the white porcelain bottle was not stolen on the road.

"After I lived in Gusu Castle, someone stole the white porcelain bottle while I was not paying attention."

Wei An quickly narrowed down the scope.

"In the past two days, I basically stayed in the room. I only left the red brocade box in the room when I went out to eat."

Wei An further narrowed the scope.

What can be concluded is that the white porcelain bottle was lost during the dinner, either last night or the night before.

Wei An scanned every corner of the room.

Before he goes out, he must lock the doors and windows, and when he comes back, he will check the condition of the doors and windows.

This is his personal habit.

"I met a master, and I didn't notice any abnormalities." Wei An closed his eyes, carefully recalling every detail in his mind.

"By the way, the red ribbon!"

Wei An suddenly remembered something. Before he set off, he checked the red brocade box, and then tied the red ribbon with his own hands.

"When I was tying the knot, I deliberately exposed a section of the red ribbon, which was seven inches long."

Wei An carefully recalled the moment before, when the person receiving the gift untied the red ribbon, the length was revealed...

Also seven inches!

"Stealers, have you even noticed this detail?" Wei An couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Before I knew it, it was noon.

The young maid knocked on the door and said, "Master Zhang, the old patriarch is here to invite you."

Wei An sighed, immediately got up and went out, following the steps of the young maidservant, all the way to a study.

"Come on, please sit down."

Gusu Zhongqi stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, a smile on his face.

Wei An sat down and replied, "Old Patriarch, about the congratulatory gift..."

"Gifts are not important."

Gusu Zhong Qi waved his hand and said, "You sent the congratulatory gift on behalf of Pan Tianzong, and I accepted the congratulatory gift. That's how it is."

As he spoke, he said with emotion: "How can we know that it is not a blessing?"

Wei An pondered and said: "Although this is the case, I really can't figure it out. Why would someone steal my congratulatory gift from Pan Tianzong? Ruhua Buddha, Xu Gengdao and others in the same courtyard as me, their congratulatory gifts have not had any accidents, only me Something happened here."

Gusu Zhongqi raised his eyebrows, and said in astonishment: "Could it be that Sect Master Liu didn't tell you anything?"

Wei An's heart skipped a beat, he stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Please speak clearly."

Gusu Zhongqi stared into Wei An's eyes for a moment, then slowly said: "So you really don't know anything, Liu Shenfeng!!"

Wei An blinked and said hesitantly, "You mean, what did the suzerain hide from me?"

"Ugh……"

Gusu Zhong Qi sat down, motioned for Wei An to sit down as well, and sighed, "The congratulatory gift you sent me is not a health-preserving elixir, but a special imperial elixir."

"Queen?"

Wei An was stunned for a moment, and then his heart was shaken, "The pill for the old emperor?!"

Gusu Zhong Qi nodded, and said slowly: "The old emperor ordered King Liang to carry out the research on forbidden blood art, and King Liang made a fuss, and he really developed a life-prolonging elixir, so the next most important question is, How can we deliver the elixir to the hands of the old emperor."

Wei An listened quietly, a chill gradually emerged in his heart.

Gusu Zhongqi smiled wryly and said: "Prolonging life is the old emperor's wish, but in this world, there are too many people who hope that the old emperor will die soon. Once the news of the successful refining of imperial medicine is leaked, I'm afraid there will be a lot of people. Set off an endless bloodbath.

The fact is also the same, there are three imperial elixir, and Liang Wang's soldiers sent the medicine in three ways, and you are one of them. "

"According to the plan, you will send the congratulatory gift to me, and then I will secretly send the imperial medicine to the capital without anyone noticing.

Unfortunately, we failed.

The other route was personally escorted by Taibao Yan Wuxie.

According to the news I received last night, Yan Wuxie was attacked by waves of powerful enemies on the way. His royal medicine pill was destroyed, and all the escorting team were killed. Even he himself was severely injured. I heard that One eye is missing. "

Wei An took a deep breath and asked, "Where is the third road?"

Gusu Zhongqi shook his head and said: "That road is very secret, I'm afraid no one knows the whereabouts of that royal elixir except King Liang and a few others."

Wei An was speechless for a long time.

Never expected that Liu Shenfeng would arrange for him to do such a dangerous task without telling him anything.

"I failed, what are the consequences?" Wei An couldn't help asking.

Gusu Zhongqi spread his hands and said, "If any of the three royal elixirs are successfully delivered to the old emperor, then not only are you and I not at fault, but we also have merit.

But on the contrary, when the old emperor is furious, I will be punished, and you will probably commit suicide to apologize. "

"Suicide?!"

The corners of Wei An's eyes twitched slightly, and he said speechlessly: "I have worked so hard to come here. I thought I was here to celebrate your birthday, but I didn't expect that I came here to die for myself."

(End of this chapter)