【Chapter 2 – Jiu Xuanji】I want that bead
Anu Kingdom is located on the northwest frontier, and its ruler is named Shada. Like other nomads, the tribesmen live by water and grass. They have no fixed territory, but they have a cavalry force that cannot be underestimated. When Chu Yuan first ascended the throne, all the ministries in Mobei were restless all the time, and the people on the border suffered deeply. At that time, the main forces of the imperial court were restrained by the southeastern Japanese bandits. General Xi sent troops together, and only temporarily suppressed the turmoil in Mobei, which lasted for two years.
It is also for this reason that the Chu Kingdom has always regarded Anu Kingdom as an ally. The deceased in this alley is Shada’s younger brother, named Gu Li. He originally led his troops to pay tribute to the state of Chu. Later, seeing that the city was prosperous and just in time for the Chinese New Year, he stayed for a while longer. I planned to wait for the mountains to melt and then set off back to the northwest, but I didn’t expect to die here.
The matter was a big deal, and everyone didn’t dare to slack off. They hurriedly carried the corpse and rushed all the way to the direction of the palace.
Outside the door of the bedroom, Eunuch Sixi was leaning against the door to take a nap. He opened his eyes quickly when he heard someone coming, but it was Mr. Li from the Central Military Department.
“Father-in-law, where’s the emperor?” Mr. Li was more than a few years old, and he was out of breath after taking a few more steps.
“It didn’t take long for my lord to come here. Could it be that something big happened?” Father Sixi was also shocked.
“That’s not it.” Master Li said anxiously, “I don’t care about etiquette when my eyebrows are burning, and I ask my father-in-law to quickly pass the news on behalf of the old minister.”
“What’s the matter with Aiqing?” Father Sixi didn’t have time to answer, but Chu Yuan had already pushed the door and walked out.
“Your Majesty.” Master Li hurriedly stepped forward, “Just now, the commander of the forbidden army came to look for Wei Chen, saying that a body was found in the alley behind Fuyun Gate. It was the young prince of Anu Kingdom, who was caught from behind. A knife through the heart.”
“Gu Li?” Chu Yuan frowned.
“It’s absolutely true.” Master Li said, “Wei Chen has ordered the news to be blocked, and the corpse is temporarily placed in the empty house next to the hunting garden.”
“Go and have a look first.” Chu Yuan walked down the steps, and Si Xi hurriedly took out the cloak from the hall and trotted all the way to put it on his shoulders.
Well, why did something happen again.
Southwest Wangfu, Duan Baiyue is drinking alone with the moon, a blunt sword is placed on the stone table in front of him, shining a faint white light.
A light figure jumped off the fence and was obviously startled when he saw someone in the courtyard.
“Where did you go?” Duan Baiyue put down the wine glass.
“I don’t sleep in the middle of the night, do I want to hit a ghost by sitting here?” Duan Yao breathed a sigh of relief, “I’m still a master.”
“Master passed away three years ago.” Duan Baiyue reminded him.
“I’m not sure, what if he is alive again, he is familiar with such things as reviving the soul.” Duan Yao unfastened seven or eight small bamboo baskets around his waist, which were filled with larvae of various colors, buzzing and teaching people’s brains. Renzi hurts.
“Three-eyed blood?” Duan Baiyue picked one up, “I’m lucky.”
“Hey, it took me almost half a month to catch this one.” Duan Yao was vigilant, “You have to find it yourself.”
“You think too much, I’m really not in the mood to fight with you to raise worms.” Duan Baiyue shook his head, “Go back and pack your bags.”
“Where are you sending me?” Duan Yao’s eyes widened.
“I’m going to Chu King City.” Duan Baiyue said.
Duan Yao took two steps back: “If you want to go, what’s my business?”
Duan Baiyue replied: “Because you are useful.”
Duan Yao: “…”
“Leaving you alone in the palace, I guess when I come back, the house will disappear without a trace.” Duan Baiyue said, “It’s either blown away by you, or blown away by the enemy’s family.”
Duan Yao was discouraged and sat down on the stone bench: “You will use me.”
“How can it be used.” Duan Baiyue said, “I told you earlier that you should restrain your temper and leave a few gentlemen. Others are already taking the champion test at the age of fourteen, so you don’t need to sing poetry and write right. I don’t even know how to speak, and it hurts to think about it.”
Duan Yao covered her ears with both hands. She wanted to hear nothing, but her eyes were attracted by the dull sword on the table: “What is this?”
“I don’t know.” Duan Baiyue shook her head, “Just dug out from the ground.”
“You went to dig people’s ancestral graves?” Duan Yao was suspicious.
“It was left to me by Master before he died.” Duan Baiyue said, “I told you to dig it out tonight.”
“You’ve probably been tricked again.” Duan Yao picked up the bamboo pocket on the table and didn’t even bother to look at the sword.
Duan Baiyue praised: “I think so too.”
When I was eight years old, I took myself up the mountain. I picked a bunch of poisonous flowers that I didn’t know what it was, and said that it would greatly increase my skill by inserting it in the room. As a result, everyone was double-imaged the next day, walking top-heavy and almost fell. into the water. Since then, even a fool can have a long memory, and he has never received a gift from the master again. This is the second one.
Duan Yao yawned and went back to sleep.
Duan Baiyue raised his head to drink the last glass of wine, and returned to the bedroom with a blunt sword.
Three days later, Duan Yao looked at the two horses in front of her and asked, “It’s just you and me, so you can quietly touch out the palace?”
Duan Baiyue nodded: “Of course, is it possible to beat gongs and drums to celebrate?”
“I thought Emperor Chu knew about this.” Duan Yao said euphemistically.
Duan Baiyue shook his head: “Apart from you, no third person will know about this.”
Duan Yao: “…”
The King of the Southwest secretly went to Chu State, which was the crime of beheading.
Although I know he won’t take it seriously, but… well, what are you going to do in Chu?
“Drive!” Duan Baiyue flicked his whip and galloped towards the north.
The black horse’s hooves are like the wind, smashing through the stars.
The dew that had accumulated overnight fell from the roof, splashing the cold spring on the ground.
In Wangcheng, the breakfast stall owners also set aside benches, tables and chairs, and they sell mutton soup for a few days to catch up with the weather. It’s warm.
“Ten bowls of sheep soup, twenty flatbreads.” A team of officers and soldiers sat down, looking like they had been busy all night.
“Okay, a few wait a moment.” The boss was very fast, so Xu brought the mutton soup flatbread up, obviously familiar with everyone, and asked with a smile, “Why do you see that everyone is busy recently? Yesterday morning, Commander Zhang was also on patrol with people, so come to my place to eat early.”
“It’s not a big deal, it’s just a daily patrol.” The officers and soldiers at the beginning made a perfunctory sentence, then lowered their heads and drank the soup and biscuits. The boss also kept quiet when he saw this, and did not strike up a conversation again. But my heart began to feel a little unsure, looking at the posture, could something really happen?
In the palace, Chu Yuan still had a splitting headache after drinking the medicine.
Although people have been investigating both openly and secretly in the past few days, they have not gotten any useful clues. After eating the roast duck in Tongfulou that day, Gu Li went to the teahouse to listen to a little tune, and then left satisfied. He even gave Qin Niang a lot of silver. It seemed that there was nothing abnormal. After leaving the house, I didn’t expect that after only a few hours, the watchman would find the dead body in the alley.
“Your Majesty.” The official in charge of investigating this case is Cai Jin, “There are some rumors in the city now, according to what Wei Chen sees, it’s better to inform the country of Anu as soon as possible, Procrastinating is useless.”
Chu Yuan sat on the dragon chair, and his brows hadn’t stretched for a long time.
Although the northwest frontier seems to have ceased in the past two years, the root of the contradictions has not been eliminated. The reason why the various ministries will not move forward is because they are afraid of the military strength of the imperial court. Li tragically died in the Chu King City, and Shada’s temper has always been irritable and impulsive.
“Your Majesty.” Seeing that he had been silent, Cai Jin had to remind him again in a low voice.
“I will repair a book myself, and I will send someone to the country of Anu the day after tomorrow.” After pondering, Chu Yuan finally spoke up and asked again, “Is it time for Qian Fan to come back?”
“Back to the emperor, General Shen will arrive at the king’s city in about seven days.” Cai Jin said, “If you drive fast on the road, you will be there in five days.”
Chu Yuan nodded and waved him to retreat first.
The country of Chu has a vast territory, and the further north it goes, the colder it gets. Duan Yao had just left the southwest and was wearing a single coat. After a few days, she changed into a thick jacket. She refused to leave the brazier even for dinner at night.
“Where are you going?” Duan Yao asked.
“As a guest.” Duan Baiyue replied.
“Are you a thief?” Duan Yao pierced him.
Duan Baiyue took him to the roof of a house.
Duan Yao yawned.
“Go get something for me.” Duan Baiyue said.
“Steal it, and take it back.” Duan Yao pouted, “What is it?”
“Have you seen the tower ahead?” Duan Baiyue said, “There is a secret room on the top floor, I want that pearl.”
“Agree first, then steal this one. I have to sleep in the middle of the night.” Duan Yao patted the ashes on her clothes.
Duan Baiyue nodded.
Duan Yao stood up and moved her wrist, and Xu disappeared into the night.
Duan Baiyue touched his chin and silently followed behind him.
The pagoda is very dilapidated, and there are scum all over the place. Duan Yao looks disgusted as soon as he enters. When he has gone through all the troubles to escape the authorities and get the Pearl with a head of dust, he is about to scold his mother and greet the ancestors of the Duan clan. .
“Very good.” After turning back, Duan Baiyue was still waiting for him on the spot.
“Take it, your broken beads.” Duan Yao seems to be throwing cockroaches, “It’s dirty.”
“Do you know what this is?” Duan Baiyue shook the box in his hand.
“How would I know, and I don’t want to know.” Duan Yao wiped his hands by pulling on his sleeve, “Let’s go, go back.”
“That tower is Jiu Xuanji.” Duan Baiyue continued.
“I don’t care if it’s Nine or… Nine Mysteries?” Duan Yao’s eyes widened, “Organ Tower?”
Duan Baiyue nodded.
“There are nine mysterious secrets of killing hidden weapons everywhere? Is it this broken tower?” Duan Yao confirmed again, “This bead is the burning star in the rumors of Jianghu?”
Duan Baiyue still nodded.
Duan Yao took a deep breath, then became furious: “Then you just let me go?”
How many heroes of the rivers and lakes died in it, and they could be shot through wearing steel helmets and armor. No wonder when he entered, the room was full of dead white bone ghost skeletons.
Can it be more reliable?