Chang'an: Qinglian Sword Song

Chapter 8 Chapter Seven
Thanks to Li Bai's extravagant spending, the two successfully became distinguished guests of Yunjianlou, and even entered the most exclusive private room.

Li Bai, on the other hand, brought his foolish and money-rich temperament to the extreme, and he didn't even look at the list brought by the waiter, but came all over again.

Then he used the excuse that he didn't like to be disturbed, and asked people to close the door, so that no one would be disturbed.

The flowing dishes were brought up in a steady stream, and there were countless delicacies and wines, while the singing and dancing downstairs continued, the sound of silk and bamboo was endless, and even behind the bead curtain at the other end of the room, there was a hazy silhouette of a singing girl singing softly.

It's a pity that today's distinguished guests don't seem to buy it.

Li Bai didn't even touch the wine that was served, and just threw it away with his hands.The singing girl playing the piano and the singing girl dancing didn't even bother to take a look.

The dishes changed round after round, and Xun Qing, who was standing next to him, felt distressed one after another.

Although he didn't usually show a rebellious appearance, but now when he put on a serious face, he has a kind of aloofness, even if he is deliberately making things difficult and finding fault, it makes people feel so logical.

"It's just such a little thing, and it's said to be the most powerful place in Chang'an?"

Li Bai reprimanded indifferently: "They are all ordinary people. Is this how you Yunjianlou treats guests? You, you, and you, stay away and don't disturb my drinking pleasure!"

After violently driving away all the servants who were serving at the side, only an old man who performed shadow puppetry for the distinguished guests was left behind.

Then, as if he really treated Xun Qing as a slave, he ordered him to do this and that, pour wine and tea.Although there was anger in his heart, Xun Qing didn't show it on his face, like a loyal servant, even if he was reprimanded and insulted, he didn't change any color.

And Li Bai, like a real naughty second generation ancestor, laughed out loud watching the shadow play in Chang'an.

"It's not right, it's not right here!"

Li Bai suddenly interrupted the old man's performance, and asked with a drunken blushing face, "Why is that law or something to block the marriage between Xu Shusheng and the White Snake?"

Behind the scenes, the old man was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head respectfully and replied: "Well, human monsters are not of the same kind, and eminent monks are naturally..."

Li Bai clapped his hands suddenly, and his smile became weird: "Naturally, I went out to transform the evildoer by myself, and I'm going to marry the White Snake at Jinshan Temple, right?"

"...Uh, yes, yes, yes, your guest is right."

The old man nodded with a flattering smile, and saw Li Bai throwing out another golden ticket: "Just act like this!"

The old man rushed forward in a panic, picking out the gold tickets on the ground, but suddenly there was a muffled sound.

When it was dark, he fell to the ground.

Xun Qing was stunned and didn't understand why Li Bai made a sudden attack, but then he saw the drunkenness in the young man's eyes suddenly disappeared, and a cold light emerged.

At his waist, the long sword inlaid with gold and jade suddenly shook, and the shark leather wrapped on it suddenly shattered, revealing the unpretentious appearance underneath.

And a cold light had already appeared out of thin air, and with Li Bai's sway, it fell towards the bronze mirror in the corner!

The huge bronze mirror shattered like a bubble, and a horrified figure appeared behind it, and it had been hidden in it without knowing when!
At this moment, he was actually squatting in the narrow dark room behind the mirror, holding a blowing pipe in his hand...

In an instant, the misty bamboo tube was cut into pieces.

And the blade had already stopped in front of his throat, before the sound that made him scream, he was about to suffocate.

"You guessed right, Xun Qing."

Li Bai stared at his face, and said in a cold voice: "It's fine if everyone in this poor place doesn't tell the truth, but now it seems that it's still a black shop!

Sure enough, there is a problem! "

Behind those flattering smiles, there is greed and malice that cannot be hidden.

It was as if he had broken into a beast's lair, and just feeling that gaze made Li Bai feel uncomfortable!
On the ground, the fainted old man groaned, as if he had woken up, but before he got up, he was hit hard by Li Bai's scabbard again.

Passed out again.

This time he redoubled his strength, knocking off the old man's white hair, and a human skin mask, and the dagger in his arms fell out.Xun Qing picked it up, pulled it out, and saw the dark red blood stains on it.

It can't even be washed.

Suddenly the color changed.

Is this a song building or a magic cave?

"Don't talk, I ask, you answer."

Li Bai looked straight at the servant hiding behind the mirror: "What are you doing here?"

The cold blade moved forward a little, cutting through the neck, causing the lie that was surging in the throat to dissipate immediately.

"Don't lie."

Li Bai said coldly: "I can tell, do you want to gamble?"

"Boss, the manager said that you must be here to do, to do something..." The pale servant stammered, "He, he asked me to put you down, and then send, send it down... "

"Bottom?" Li Bai frowned: "Where is the bottom?"

"I don't know, I really don't know!" The attacker shook his head in horror: "It's all handled by others, I, I'm only responsible for this!"

Li Bai stared straight at him.

After a long time, he suddenly said, "Very well, then take me to see your supervisor... You shouldn't betray my trust, right?"

He looked behind the bronze mirror, the narrow gap.

There is also a faint fragrance left in it.

This person also has that smell left on his body, but it seems that he has not had much contact with it, and he has never worn that sachet directly.

Li Bai's mind changed instantly, and he didn't intend to hesitate any longer.

Originally, he was only here to look for clues, but since that guy Ji Xian had malicious intentions first, then don't blame him for being rude!

Soon, the door of the private room opened again.

The pale-faced servant came out from inside, forced a smile with difficulty, turned his head, and said in a trembling voice: "Two, two distinguished guests, please follow me."

After seeing Li Bai's swordsmanship of chiseling out a poem on the wall with a single sword, he completely lost the will to resist.

I just beg these two cross-river Qianglong who don't know where they came from don't kill themselves with a sword.

Even if he was walking in front, he could still feel the sharp eyes of the young man behind him, all the way on the base of his neck, which was extremely frightening.

Then, twisting and turning, he led them into the end of a corridor.

Before Li Bai could speak, he heard Xun Qing murmuring suddenly: "So, this shape and style has a mechanism... Is it a lifting platform?"

The servant who was about to explain froze for a moment, and nodded with a flattering smile.

As the huge bronze mirror rotated, a luxurious lifting platform full of gold, silver and jade decorations had already fallen, which surprised Li Bai, a country bumpkin who had never seen any kind of mechanism creation.

During the slow ascent, noisy voices were soon heard, and even the walls could not stop the warm atmosphere.

And when the door of the lifting platform was opened from the other side again, there was heat rushing over.

In the brightly lit hall, how could the jewels be ten times better than the outside?
What's even more astonishing is the dense crowd inside, everyone's clothes and crowns are gorgeous and exquisite, and their faces are flushed with excitement, surrounding those tables, shouting something loudly.

The lively atmosphere makes people want to join in.

But seeing those eyes that were unknowingly covered with bloodshot eyes made Li Bai feel a chill in his heart.Obviously all of them are well-dressed, but the greed and insatiable hunger and thirst are even better than beasts.

"Casino?"

Xun Qing lost his voice, was a little dazed, and almost fell down. He didn't expect that there would be such a huge mezzanine and such a bustling casino hidden in the Yunjian Building where the singing and dancing were flourishing.

Almost every table was piled up with gold, silver and bills, and some people even bet their own jade finger and pendant on it because their eyes were red.

Even a small piece of it is enough for a poor family to live comfortably.But now, here is just the smallest bargaining chip, piled up layer by layer, turning into hills.

"Aren't they afraid of being reported?" Xun Qing whispered in shock.

In order to encourage the livelihood of the people and improve the common people, the current Dragon Queen is notorious for strictly prohibiting extravagance, imposing heavy taxes on all kinds of gambling houses, and even placing envoys to watch over them to prevent concealment.

In the past, all Xun Qing knew were some black files that could not be put on the table, and he didn't know how much he could sweep out with one crackdown.But I didn't expect that there would be such an exaggerated place in Chang'an.

At the side, there was an attendant who greeted us attentively when he heard it, but he showed his color instead: "Our family has people at the top, and the people who come and go are nobles, so it's okay for honored guests to enjoy themselves."

enjoy?

Li Bai raised his eyes without any trace and glanced upwards. Among the high-rise lofts, those guards looked down.

It's like looking at livestock waiting to be slaughtered in the pen...

All the way, through the noisy hall and the complex labyrinth-like corridor, finally, came to the heavily guarded door at the end.

In front of the door, the guardian swordsman cast a cold gaze.

"what for?"

"The two guests lost all their money and came to borrow money from the manager." The guide forced a smile.

"Borrowed money?"

The swordsman glanced at Li Bai and Xun Qing behind him, and gradually became suspicious: "Why don't you go to the cashier downstairs to borrow money? Also, aren't you working in the hall? When did you come to the third floor?"

The guide couldn't help trembling, his face was bloodless, and he was dripping with sweat.

But then, a muffled sound of wind emerged from behind him, and Li Bai's scabbard suddenly pierced out from behind his turban, hitting the guard's forehead with a muffled sound.

The guard's eyes turned white, he took a step back and slid down.

The hand pressing on the hilt of the sword was powerless to release.

Immediately afterwards, the guide was also knocked down by Li Bai.

Xun Qing was dumbfounded before he could react to the instant change.

But Li Bai had already mentioned two people and rushed into the room.

Behind the door, in an elegantly decorated room, a middle-aged man was immersed in writing something. When he heard a strange noise, he looked up and saw the two intruders.

But before he could call the police, Li Bai's long sword came out of his hand and pierced through the air.

It was nailed obliquely to the table, splitting his palm.

He screamed out in severe pain, and heard the wind whistling.

After covering a distance of three feet in one step, the boy had already stepped over the long table, pulled out the sword blade on the table with his backhand, and put it on his neck.

"Don't move!" Li Bai warned.

The supervisor's expression convulsed and twitched: "Who are you!"

"You don't even know who I am, and you want my life?" Li Bai lowered his eyes and looked down, and asked in a cold voice: "On the contrary, I want to ask you! Do you still remember this thing?"

He pulled off the blood-stained jade pendant from his waist, and asked coldly, "Who did this? Who killed that child?!"

The supervisor froze for a moment, as if he understood something.

The eyes looking at him and Xun Qing became more and more vicious and ferocious.

"It turns out that you two are dead... You are dead! You are dead..."

He opened his mouth, wanting to growl.

But suddenly a rapidly enlarged black shadow appeared in front of his eyes, it was Li Bai's turned sword hilt, which fell down.In an instant, his eyes rolled white and he passed out.

There is musk on his body, the same musky smell as Ji Xian——

Sure enough, it has something to do with Yunjianlou!
Li Bai's heart gradually became cold. He looked down at the supervisor at his feet, and held the sword hilt in his hand for a long time before slowly releasing it.

Close your eyes.

When he raised his pupils again, he finally regained his composure.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

The key person should be Ji Xian.

"Let's go, Xun Qing." He whispered, "Let's find a way to take him out and throw him to that fellow Di Renjie."

"Wait a minute."

Xun Qing was amused by the ledger kicked to the side by Li Bai, looked down and said, "Wait for me."

He moved quickly, flipping through the records quickly, and was horrified by the high daily turnover in it, and at the same time, he quickly noticed something was wrong.

When he raised his head, he rushed to the bookshelf and searched quickly.

Not only the mountains of income and expenditure records on the bright side, but also the secret ledgers and other messy books hidden in the dark compartment were also turned out by the organ spider released by him.

Wherever he sweeps, there is nothing to hold on to at all.

Soon, there was a sudden pause in his hand, the ledger stopped at one page, and his brows were frowned.

"What's wrong?" Li Bai asked.

"I'm sorry..." Xun Qing leaned closer and looked carefully: "Why does the monthly income and expenditure and miscellaneous items in the account book not match the number of people in the register?
You see, here, here, and here... Although there seems to be nothing wrong, it is not reasonable at all to compare the records of the previous few months! "

"What's wrong with that?"

"This shows that there are many more people in Yunjianlou than on the account... There must be another account behind the scenes! This may be just a cover, and Ji Xian is still doing something secretly!"

Li Bai was stunned.

It's not because Xun Qing found out that it's tricky, but because he can understand this pile of heavenly scriptures!
"Do you really understand it?"

"Otherwise?" Xun Qing raised his head and glanced at him, feeling complacent, "When I was 12 years old, I had already graduated from Yu Heng Division with full marks in the four subjects of mathematics, physics, mechanics and transmission!"

"Then why do you only become a mechanism engineer now?"

"..." Xun Qing seemed to have been stabbed, his expression twitched for a long time, and he squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Practice."

too poor.

I can't afford a machine core at all!

"I am born to be useful. If the money is gone, it will come back. Don't be sad, I am the same."

Li Bai patted him on the shoulder, feeling sincerely: "When I was 12 years old, I was already famous in swordsmanship and poetry. I reached the pinnacle at the age of 16, but it has been more than a year now, and I have not made any progress. I don't know the moon when I am young. It's called a white jade plate... Maybe this is the pain of growing up?"

puff!
A mouthful of old blood stuck in Xun Qing's throat, and he wanted to spray this bastard.

Why did he feel like he was being tanned by this guy again?
Also made a special poem?
It seems that there are two songs?
are you human? !
Xun Qing was very angry for a while, in order to protect his fragile heart from being hurt, he didn't want to talk to him at all.Speed ​​up, and pick out the ledgers that you want to take away as evidence from the bookshelf.But when he reached out and pulled out a book, he heard a rattling sound.

It looks like a thread has been pulled.

His movements froze for a moment.

When he realized what he had done, his eyes suddenly went dark.

"Run, Li Bai."

He didn't care about collecting evidence, grabbed Li Bai, turned around and wanted to leave.

But then, suddenly there was a piercing and sharp sound bursting out from the room, and the high-pitched gong resounded in every guard's lounge, causing turmoil in the beautiful environment of singing and dancing, and there were screams and bursts. The sound kept ringing.

In the flickering red light, he froze in place.

alarm!

The alarm was triggered by itself!

Just when he was in a state of confusion, Li Bai was the first to react and dragged him towards the door.

But a sound of low footsteps quickly approached from outside the door, and the sound of swords being unsheathed could be heard endlessly.

"what happened!"

"Director Changsun's alarm has sounded, and a thief has come running in!"

"You guys go to guard the front and back doors, you, you, and you, follow me to the cashier, and the rest to the vault, hurry up!"

The guards responded without any hesitation, and rushed towards here.

Li Bai and Xun Qing at the back of the door glanced at each other, cooperated very well and knocked down the cabinet in front of the door, first blocked the door, and blocked those who hit the door.

Then he looked into the room, looking for the exit.

Not to mention the other doors, this place doesn't even have a single window to prevent thieves!

Just when Li Bai gave up and was about to draw his sword, Xun Qing suddenly felt the cold wind blowing from above his head.

The messy thoughts suddenly cleared up, and the panic was no longer there.

Regain hope!

"Go up! Ceiling, hurry up!"

Xun Qing was the first to notice where the wind was coming from, from the air intake grille on the ceiling, and his eyes lit up immediately: "I knew that there must be ventilation ducts in places like this, hurry up, there should be room for people inside... "

"You can discover this?"

Li Bai followed his guidance and looked over, suddenly stunned.I feel that I suddenly have a better understanding of Xun Qing's criminal talent.

But this is the end of the matter, and there is no time to waste.

He jumped up, swung his sword to remove the baffle, and got in, but after waiting for a long time, Xun Qing couldn't keep up, so he could only probe from above and urge: "Hurry up."

"I, I can't jump up!"

Xun Qing tried his best to jump for a long time, but he couldn't reach the edge at all, and was about to die of anxiety.

The sound of banging on the door became more and more intense, and the cabinet in front of the door was almost unable to hold up.

Someone poked through the door with a knife and looked inside.

"There's someone inside!" cried the shrill voice. "Bring my crossbow, quick! Kill him!"

Before Xun Qing had time to react, he subconsciously kicked down the brazier on the ground and threw a pile of bad debts into it. Suddenly, thick smoke and sparks billowed up, covering the whole room in no time.

Suffocating.

He covered his nose and hid in the smoke, but his heart was sore, he felt that he was finally dying, and he would rather seek his own death than be tortured to death.

But when he looked up to find a good place to hang the beam, he found that Li Bai didn't abandon himself to run away, but jumped off from it.

Then, he directly pulled up his collar and tried his best to hold it up.

"Give me up!"

The huge force caused Xun Qing to rise more than two meters out of thin air, and he subconsciously grabbed the edge of the vent and hurriedly crawled in.

Immediately afterwards, a series of shrill roars of bows and crossbows were heard.

Just below, there were several tragic gaps on the door panel out of thin air, and arrows roared in, tearing the smoke, and nailed deeply to the wall.

He only heard the high-pitched sound of gold and iron colliding, but he couldn't see where Li Bai was.

Those guys actually shot arrows?Don't they care that there are their people here!
Xun Qing's eyes widened, looking for Li Bai's trace.

"Hey, are you still alive?" He growled, "Come up quickly!"

"rest assured."

Li Bai put his sword back into its sheath, raised his head and responded, "I'm just..."

boom!
A terrifying bang suddenly erupted from outside the door.

It was as if a battering ram hit the gate, causing the two-inch-thick door panel and the cabinet behind it, which weighed more than a hundred catties, to fall apart in an instant, turning into a rainstorm of sharp and heavy fragments, blowing towards the people in the thick smoke. The room spilled away.

Only the sound of breaking and breaking can be heard endlessly.

A heavy piece of iron flew past Li Bai's ear, and the wind was shrill.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of low footsteps burst out like thunder, and in the wailing of the floor, only a huge figure emerged from the thick fog, like a giant squeezed into the cloud building, holding A huge sword over nine feet slashed down into the mist.

The hurricane swept across, and the thick smoke was almost blown away by this terrifying blow.

The flame was also suppressed.

That inhuman strength made Li Bai suspect that it was some kind of mechanical beast, and it was beyond the scope of his arms to stop him. He only had time to dodge to the side when he heard the loud sound of the floor breaking under his feet.

The floor, which was more than one meter thick, was chopped into pieces by this sword!
Immediately afterwards, I saw that the huge black figure easily pulled out the giant sword from the floor without any fatigue, and swept towards him!

In front of him, the wall panels on both sides were completely destroyed by that huge force.

The wailing of the cracking bricks and stones continued to burst out, and Li Bai had already flew up, avoiding the sword that could cut a person in half, but immediately behind the giant, there were countless sounds of bowstrings being tightened.

"Release the arrow! Release the arrow!"

Someone hoarsely shouted: "Shoot him!"

In the thick smoke, Li Bai felt a chill and turned around from mid-air.When his hand grasped the hilt of the sword tightly, his eyes became fierce and sharp, and the iron light brewed.

It seems that this time, it is time to divide the competition——

But then, he heard a gust of wind above his head, and a hand grabbed his back collar, and he pulled it up with all his strength!
It's Xun Qing!
That guy leaned out half of his body, risking being shot to death by an arrow, and grabbed Li Bai's clothes recklessly, his face flushed red: "Come up quickly!"

In the blink of an eye, Li Bai grasped his arm tightly and rolled over with all his might.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of rainstorm-like piercing through the air flew past underfoot.

In the dark and narrow duct, the two gasped in shock, only to hear the continuous burst of arrow rain in the thick smoke below.

For a long time, it didn't stop until it was determined that no living creature could survive.

When the thick smoke finally dissipated, the leading guard rushed into the room, looked around, saw the gap in the ventilation duct above his head, and changed color suddenly.

"It actually ran away?!"

He raised his head and yelled at the burly giant holding a big sword behind him: "Kunlun Mole, what do you do! You eat so much every day, and you stab someone whenever you have something to do, you trash!"

The oversized giant squatted and shrank in the corner of the room. Such a dark complexion is rare even in Chang'an.

It is Xun Qing's "Kunlun fellow".

"I was choked, I didn't see clearly..."

He lowered his head in embarrassment. He was beaten and scolded at the moment, but he didn't get angry. He tried hard to squeeze a flattering smile on his dull face, but he looked even more ridiculous.

"Then why are you still standing there!" The leader of the guards scolded angrily: "Go and find it! If something goes wrong, I will peel off your skin!"

After reporting layer by layer, soon, an unprecedented large-scale search was launched from Yunjian Building.

Amidst the screams of countless people, every room was searched inch by inch.

And the culprit had already fled.

(End of this chapter)