The birds sing and play with hundreds of birds, and the phoenix plays with the blue waves.
The first time Qi Ning heard these two sentences, it was from Zhuo Xian'er's mouth. If the woman only said these two sentences, Qi Ning might not be sure that she was Zhuo Xian'er. After all, this These two sentences were not created by Zhuo Xian'er, nor were they only known by Zhuo Xian'er. It is not uncommon for others to say these two sentences.
Birds sing and play with hundreds of birds, and phoenix plays with blue waves. These two sentences actually refer to two guqins.
According to Zhuo Xian'er, there are four major guqins in the world, all of which are famous. But to any music connoisseur, the four major guqins are like thunder to their ears. But above the four major guqins, there are two more guqins. It was a legendary divine object, a bird's harp and a phoenix harp.
When Xian'er said these two sentences, Qi Ning was very interested. Even the tone and demeanor of Xian'er's words were still fresh in Qi Ning's memory.
Although the woman in front of him looks completely different from Zhuo Xian'er, when she uttered these two sentences, her expression and tone were exactly the same as when Zhuo Xian'er said these two sentences. Qining believes that there are people in the world who Maybe the two people's bodies and even their eyes are exactly the same, but even the tone of voice is exactly the same, which is really rare. Seeing the other person's expression, Qining blurted out immediately.
The woman was stunned for a moment. Qi Ning had already stood up and looked at the woman up and down. The woman felt that Qi Ning's eyes seemed to be looking at an invisible person. She suddenly felt uncomfortable and frowned: " You...!" But he didn't know what to say.
"The birds are singing in the empty mountains, and the blue sea is full of tides!" Qining sighed: "Have you heard these two sentences?"
The woman's delicate body trembled, and she murmured: "The birds are singing in the empty mountains, and the blue sea is full of tides...!" She tightened her beautiful eyebrows, as if trying to recall these two sentences from her mind, but soon, she raised her head He started to press his temples with his hands, his eyes showing confusion.
Qi Ning saw this and sighed softly, saying, "You said you sneaked into the palace for a guqin. Is that the Birdsong Qin or the Phoenix Qin?"
The woman hesitated for a moment and then said: "Whether it's the song of birds or the phoenix, it doesn't matter. What's important is that a guqin is of no use to you."
"If it has no use for us, what use will it have for you?" Qining asked: "Why do you insist on getting that guqin?"
The woman shook her head and said: "First, you said you only asked me one question. I didn't lie. I told you. Second, I don't know what the guqin is used for. I just want to take the guqin away." That’s all.” Looking into Qi Ning’s eyes, he asked, “Then can I leave now?”
Qi Ning pondered for a moment before saying: "Although you have recovered slightly, your injuries have not healed. I am only worried that you will not be able to leave the palace."
"I don't need you to worry about it anymore." The woman held the green bamboo and walked out slowly.
Qining thought of something and sighed: "We met not long ago."
The woman paused for a moment, then turned around. Qi Ning stared into the woman's eyes and said, "Liu Jin brought several musicians into the palace a while ago. On the day they entered the palace, I happened to meet them. At that time, I saw the back of one of them. It looks very familiar, I didn’t recognize it for a moment, but now that I think about it, that person must be you.”
A look of surprise immediately appeared on the woman's pretty face.
"I don't know how you bribed Liu Wei, but your current identity is that of a musician in the palace." Qi Ning said: "Use your identity as a musician to sneak into the palace and look for opportunities to search for guqin in the palace... I said right?"
There was a hint of coldness in the woman's eyes, and she asked: "Then what do you want?"
Qi Ning smiled lightly and said: "It's no wonder you are not worried about not being able to get out of the palace. After leaving Longyuan, you will still be hiding in the palace as a musician. Since there is a way to sneak into the palace, of course there is a way to leave the palace. Yes, Now that the guqin has been taken away, there is no need for you to stay in the palace any longer. The next step is to leave the palace quickly and catch up with the Donghaimen people before they return to the island."
The woman's expression was even more stern, and she even made a fist with one hand.
Qi Ning saw this and smiled: "I'm glad you are injured now, otherwise you would have killed someone and silenced them."
The woman ignored her, turned around and left. After taking two steps, Qining said calmly: "My name is Qining. Maybe you will never think of me, but if one day you really think of me, I will be waiting for you at any time."
The woman just paused and finally dragged her injured body away.
Qi Ning waited for the woman to leave before sighing. Although there were various signs that this woman was probably Zhuo Xian'er, that face was the biggest evidence that overturned his judgment.
He knew that the purpose of this group of people entering the palace was not to deal with the little emperor, but to obtain the guqin. In this case, there was no need for him to worry too much about the little emperor.
It's just a guqin, why would Chi Danmei betray him
What secret is hidden in that guqin? Why does the great master insist on getting that guqin
Qi Ning was initially worried that the things stolen by this group of people would do great harm to the Chu State, but knowing that it was just a guqin, it was hard to imagine how much harm a guqin would do to the Chu State.
Qi Ning stayed in Longyuan until midnight. Fortunately, he was practicing his internal skills in the bamboo forest, so the time passed very quickly.
Only after the southern snow dragon fell asleep in the middle of the night, Qining descended into the python pond and quietly left the palace along the secret passage he entered before.
His memory is amazing. When Chi Danmei led him in from the underground secret passage, he had been secretly memorizing the direction. This time when he went back and followed the direction of his memory, everything went smoothly. This underground secret passage Although it is extremely secretive, there are no traps in it.
When they arrived at the exit of Maitreya Temple, the Maitreya stone sculpture above blocked the exit. Qi Ning knew that there must be a mechanism to open the exit below, otherwise Chi Danmei, Xiao Shaozong and others would not be able to leave from the exit. It was pitch black all around, Qi Ning He stroked the surrounding stone walls with his hands to find the button to turn on the mechanism. It took him half an hour, but he finally touched an extremely smooth and convex small pebble. He pressed down hard and saw that The Maitreya stone sculpture above slowly opens.
He knew that when Chi Danmei opened this mechanism, it must have taken a lot of time to remember the location of the mechanism. Later, he discovered that there were hollows on the stone wall for stepping on when climbing up. It would be a good idea to use those hollows. Chi Danmei easily got out of the cave entrance. Chi Danmei had previously worked on a mechanism to move the stone sculpture behind the Maitreya stone sculpture. Qining tried it a few times himself, but successfully let the Maitreya stone sculpture seal the entrance of the cave.
Qi Ning secretly thought that this underground secret passage was really a flaw in the palace. Fortunately, not many people knew about it. Otherwise, if word spread, if someone wanted to enter the palace to assassinate him in the future, this would be an extremely convenient shortcut, but he Of course, you can't explain it directly to the little emperor, otherwise the little emperor will definitely doubt how he knows the location of the secret passage. Recently, the relationship between the little emperor and himself has become estranged, and Qining can't guess what the little emperor is thinking. This kind of It's better not to talk about the matter for now.
There was deathly silence in the Maitreya Temple. Qining left the Maitreya Temple. It was late at night, and the streets and alleys were also deserted.
Returning to the Jinyi Hou Mansion, he found that the main hall of the Hou Mansion was brightly lit. He was surprised. When he entered the pavilion, he saw Qi Feng and Li Tang both in the hall, and Gu Qinghan was giving some instructions to them in a low voice.
Duan Canghai and Zhao Wushang were transferred by Qining to command and train the Black Scale Battalion, while Qi Feng and Li Tang were left in charge of guarding the Jinyihou Mansion. On weekdays, Qi Feng and Li Tang took turns on duty, but today they were both on duty at the same time. It was a bit strange to be called over. Qi Ning was about to go over and ask what happened. Gu Qinghan happened to look up and saw Qi Ning coming in. He was stunned for a moment. Li Tang and Qi Feng felt that the third lady's expression was wrong, so they both turned around. Seeing Qi Ning, the two looked at each other, and their originally solemn expressions suddenly relaxed.
Qi Feng was the first to rush forward, cupping his hands and saying: "Master Hou, you... are you okay?"
Qining looked down at himself. Except that his clothes were soaked in the water and were not dry yet, there was nothing wrong with him. He asked, "What do you think is wrong with me?"
Qi Feng laughed dryly and said: "Master Hou... I hope Master Hou is fine."
Li Tang also came over, looked at Qining a few times, and made sure that Qining was fine, and then he was completely relieved.
Gu Qinghan came over and winked at Qi Feng and the two of them. They immediately bowed and retreated. After going out, Qi Feng seemed to have thought of something, turned around and closed the door before retreating.
Gu Qinghan looked Qi Ning up and down, frowned and said, "Where...have you been?"
Qi Ning knew that the less people knew about the secret of the underground secret passage, the better, so he could only say: "It's nothing, just... just take a walk!"
"Just taking a walk?" Gu Qinghan looked suspicious: "You are covered in water, did you go into the water? You... What on earth did you do? You walked away for a whole day, and you didn't even... say hello. Do you know... Do you know how worried we are?"
Qi Ning knew that he left suddenly early yesterday morning and didn't come back until midnight today. He didn't say a word when he left. Gu Qinghan was naturally worried and comforted: "Sanniang, don't worry, am I back? I'm just... Just go out and get some fresh air, nothing serious.”
"Breathe some air?" Gu Qinghan lowered his voice, lowered his head slightly and said, "Yes... did I make you feel uncomfortable, so... that's why you ran out by yourself?"
"No... no!" Qining thought to himself, if I ran out in the middle of the night, what does it have to do with you
Gu Qinghan sighed quietly and said: "I know what I said the night before yesterday must have made you unhappy, but... But you don't have to worry about others all day long. I don't dare to show it everywhere, so I can only let the two of them worry about it. I'm looking around for you. They can't find you in the places you usually go. I still...!" At this point, he finally stopped talking and glanced at Qining before sighing: "I... I'm sorry for you. Is it really that important?”
When Qi Ning heard this, he understood instantly.
Gu Qinghan obviously thought that the three-year appointment that night made her feel unhappy, so she secretly left the house without saying a word. Naturally, she could not know that Chi Danmei took her out in the middle of the night.