Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 36

"Prepare a few things for me," Qin Changge took out a list and handed it to him, "Also, I want the entry and exit guides for all foreign martial artists who entered the city before and after Empress Ruiyi's accident three years ago, In addition, I want the whereabouts of these three people at that time."

Qi Fan looked at the list first, took a hissing breath, and didn't say anything. When he heard Qin Changge's task assignment, he frowned and said: "Before the accident, we have checked all the customs clearance routes that day, and there is no abnormality. , the whereabouts of these three people... Ah... I didn't expect him, but the other two, I also checked, and they were all in my house at the time."

"doing what?"

"One was playing the qin, and our hidden pile kept watch outside the window all night. Until the accident, we didn't see him come out, and the sound of the qin never stopped. The other was discussing poetry with a great Confucian in Yingdu. A poetry meeting was held that night. There were a lot of people, and he was there all the time."

Qin Changge groaned, nodded, and slightly appreciated the IQ and meticulousness of his capable subordinates back then, but said nothing, "I'm going to pay a visit to Lord Su soon, please help me prepare the greeting card, Rong Rong You take care of it first, is there a rubbing copy of the road guide from back then? Is the hidden post from back then still there? Please make arrangements in advance, tonight or tomorrow, I will check when I come back. "

Qi Fan agreed one by one, but said: "Two hidden stakes, one was killed with a rod two and a half years ago, the other was kicked out of the house due to fault, and now works as a clerk in a silk shop on Dong'an Avenue. He came to see you."

Qin Changge frowned and said, "Killed? Rebuked?" After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "Sure enough, it's the style of those two people." He stopped talking and took out the box containing the needles to show him. They all leaned over, heard the thrilling scene in the morning, looked at each other, and after a while, Rong Xiaotian said: "Miss Ming and I have the same opinion, this needle has Chihe heavy iron, but it's not exactly the same, and the style should also be from the north. style, but I have never seen it before, Miss Ming wants to ask Su Gangzhu who started from Chihe?"

Qin Changge nodded, "Aside from him, who else has the right to speak about this thing." Standing up, he said, "I'm going."

After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "I heard from the former empress that there were three heroes in the Phoenix League back then, Chu Feihuan, Qi Fan, and Rong Xiaotian. Last time I vaguely heard you mention that the Chu family betrayed, and I have waited for you." So, you are vague, but I want to clarify, after all, this is an old courtier of the former empress, the person whom the empress has always cared about, right and wrong, you have to figure it out, and let me explain it in detail when I come back."

Stepping into the main hall of the Blazing Gang again, a garden of autumn chrysanthemums has the same fragrance as before, and dances lightly and gracefully when the wind passes by, smashing thousands of points of gold in an instant, and breaking the ground charmingly.

Recently, due to the alliance between the two families, Qin Changge was invited in without any hindrance in front of the main gate. At this time, the accompanying deacon was about to raise his voice to announce, but Qin Changge had already gently stopped him, pointing with a smile. Pointing to a corner of the snow-white brocade robe that was slightly exposed among the thousands of flowers, he said, "I'll just go there by myself."

Blossoming the flowers and brushing the leaves, walking along the bluestone path, the flower garden is elegant and unique, and it is different from the luxurious and vulgar style I saw in Suxuan's study last time, presumably Suxuan arranged it himself.

In the depths of a clump of purple chrysanthemums, Qin Changge found Su Xuan who was lying among the flowers, playing chess with his left hand and right hand.

He held black in his left hand and white in his right, with a wine glass in his mouth, he raised his head, took a sip of wine, and with another snap, he surrounded himself.

The mood is unrestrained, the moon is bright and the wind is clear.

Light purple, deep purple, faint purple and lilac purple, the petals of ever-changing colors kept falling down his skirt, and the purple on white background had a kind of shocking elegance. Occasionally, petals fell into the wine glass, and he just drank them without looking at them.

"Let's wash the jade cup and pour white wine, the hairpin flower is the most romantic to drink by itself", Qin Changge smiled slightly, "The lord is very elegant."

Suxuan was drinking with her head up, when she heard a human voice pause slightly, the corners of her eyes flew over, her beautiful black eyes were like black agate dipped in a crystal pool, they were shiny and shiny, although there was a smile on her face, but she was as familiar as that When the eyes that are as transparent as water come into contact, anyone is afraid that everyone will feel a chill all over their bodies.

Qin Changge naturally wouldn't be cold, she just quickly confirmed one thing: the chief gang leader is in a bad mood.

But Suxuan stood up with a long smile, petals were falling all over his body, he turned his head, the carved silver wine cup in his mouth suddenly flew out, and landed firmly on the stone platform not far away, the purple rain hit him slowly and said: " No wonder the lanterns exploded three times last night, but today the chirping of birds is very pleasant, so it turns out that there is indeed a distinguished guest."

"A guest is a guest, but they are evil and not expensive." Qin Changge smiled lightly, without saying much, took out the box from his arms and handed it over, saying, "Big gang leader, I'm here to ask for advice."

Suxuan accepted it, opened the box, looked at it slightly, and let out a slight snort.

He frowned for a long time and said, "Where did this come from?"

"In a certain old thing, someone tampered with it and let this go." Qin Changge said, "I'm not from the martial arts world, and I'm ignorant about the hidden weapons and martial arts of various sects. The leader of the sect definitely doesn't know."

"Don't talk to me," Suxuan smiled, "This thing looks ordinary, but it is actually a rare thing. Even I, I only saw it once by chance."

He frowned at the flying needle, pointed to the end and said to Qin Changge: "Did you see it? There is a needle hole at the end... You must know that the flying needles of people in the martial arts are not like embroidery needles." It is also true to have a troublesome pinhole, a needle with a pinhole, it is difficult to control the strength and balance, and it is not taken by people, but this needle has it, and I only remembered it when I saw the needle's nose."

He raised his hand, clapped his hands twice, and immediately a subordinate in black came over, Suxuan said: "Bring me the things from the third dark compartment in my study."

The man brought it in a hurry, Suxuan took the box, and said with a smile: "Miss Ming, I'll test you, what do you think this is?"

Qin Changge probed over, but saw that there was only a very thin silk thread in the box, but looking carefully, it was neither cotton nor metal, and it shone with a dark green light, with light brown sandwiched in the dark green, and the color was strange.

Slightly sniffing, there is a faint fishy smell.

After thinking about it for a while, Qin Changge smiled and said, "It looks like a snake body."

A light of astonishment flashed in his eyes, Suxuan smiled and said: "Miss Ming is extraordinary, she can guess almost exactly, why don't you say it's snake skin?"

Qin Changge said: "If it's snake skin, there's nothing unusual about it."

"That's right, it's snake saliva." Suxuan smiled and said, "In our Chihe Plateau, there has always been a legend that there is a strange ice circle in the extreme north of Chihe River. The ice circle is several times colder than the outside circle. Not a single blade of grass grows, and there is a strange snake in the circle, which feeds on the strange grass in the ice circle. Its saliva is highly poisonous, and it can also detoxify the poison. If the dharma survives, it will be able to transform into all forms and will not be destroyed for life. It's just that the ice circle is extremely cold, and most people will freeze to death when entering it. The local people can hardly get it. There is only one strange race that also exists in legends. The snow-drinking clan is not afraid of the cold, even though it is cold and barefoot, they also know how to obtain snake saliva, and use the secret method of the clan to make them into various strange things, and use them to kill people."

Pointing to the "line", he said, "Guess again, what is this line used for?"

Qin Changge didn't even glance at it this time, and said lazily, "What can the thread be used for? Of course it's threading a needle."

Suxuan laughed loudly: "It's really easy to talk to you——yes, it's a flying needle with an extra needle nose."

"The needle is hollow, and the tip is also hollow. The venom comes out from the hollow needle tip. No wonder the toxicity is so severe..." Qin Changge murmured, "It's just that when did I offend this snow-drinking clan?"

In fact, she vaguely knew the legend of the Snow Drinking Clan, but it was different from what Suxuan knew. When she was in the master's school, she once heard the master explain the world's strange and weird things. The master told her at that time that the so-called grotesques In fact, most of them have internal reasons, sometimes even artificially distorted legends, which must be believed or credulous. During the time, the master mentioned the Yinxue tribe, but did not mention the snake saliva. In the Yang year, the man in the sun, the moon, the sun, and the sun are considered to be "destroying yin", which will not be beneficial to the female patriarch. He will have his tendons broken and abandoned in the wilderness when he was born. I pestered the master to ask why there was such a cruel rule, but the master avoided answering, and finally said: All the troubles and pains in the world are caused by love, and you remember it.

I remember it, but I can't avoid it. I have been away from the teacher for many years, and I have learned countless skills. The words of truth that should be practiced have finally become her prophecy. The world of mortals, who is far above the mist, is as wise as the sea, and the master who is as knowledgeable as the sea, does he know her ending?

She was meditating here, and Su Xuan, who was standing with his hands behind his back, was also silent for some reason. The handsome man with a peerless look was silent and far away at this moment. Martial arts No. 1 in the golden halo, with a delicate face and windy clothes, looks like a god.

After a long time, he said softly: "This thing is one of my subordinates. It was a coincidence that year. He traveled in the extreme north of the Chihe River. It was the coldest time of the year. The breath turned into ice, and the tree There are ice picks several feet long hanging from the ground, which are so hard that they can kill people when they are broken off... That night, the moon was shining in the sky, thousands of miles of snowy fields, and there was no speckle of color everywhere, and the sky was as blue as a curtain. He was outside the ice circle, I saw a girl in colorful clothes, light clothes and thin silk, dancing barefoot on the ice. The ice layer outside the ice circle is not too thick, and you can see the gurgling water underneath, but she is as light as cotton, rising and falling, carrying a line. Melting the moonlight, flying like a demon spirit on the water, walking gently on the waves, not stained by light dust, the thin and crisp ice, not even a sound of cracking, in the silence of everything, only the woman's extraordinary color and brilliance can be seen The heavens and the earth seemed to take people's breath away. At that time, he was so intoxicated that he almost suspected that he was in a dream.

(End of this chapter)