The country of Anu 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 a lot. At that time, the main force of the court was 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 of great importance, and everyone did not dare to slack off. They hurriedly carried the corpse and rushed all the way to the direction of the palace.
Outside the palace gate, 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 over the age of ten, and after walking a few more steps, he was out of breath.
"It didn't take long for the adults to come here. Could something major have happened?" Father Sixi was also shocked.
"It's not." Master Li said anxiously, "You can't even care about etiquette when your eyebrows are burning, so please ask your father-in-law to quickly pass the news for the old minister."
"What's the matter with Aiqing?" Eunuch Sixi didn't have time to answer, but Chu Yuan had already pushed open the door and walked out.
"Your Majesty." Master Li hurried 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 Fortune Gate. It was the young prince of Anu Kingdom, and was stabbed through the heart from behind. ."
"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."
"Let's have a look first." Chu Yuan walked down the steps, and Sixi hurriedly took out the cloak from the temple, and trotted all the way to put it on his shoulders.
All right, why did something happen again
In the southwest palace, Duan Baiyue was drinking alone with the moon, a blunt sword was placed on the stone table in front of him, shining a faint white light.
A light figure jumped off the fence, and when he saw someone in the courtyard, he was obviously startled.
"Where did you go?" Duan Baiyue put down the wine glass.
"Don't sleep in the middle of the night, do you want to hit a ghost by sitting here?" Duan Yao breathed a sigh of relief, "I think it's a master again."
"Master passed away three years ago." Duan Baiyue reminded him.
"I'm not sure, in case he lives again, he is familiar with such things as reviving the soul." Duan Yao untied seven or eight small bamboo baskets around his waist, which were filled with larvae of various colors.
"Three-eyed blood?" Duan Baiyue picked up one, "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: "..."
"Leave you alone in the palace, I guess when I come back, the house will disappear without a trace." Duan Baiyue said, "Either by you, or by the enemy."
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 less angry. Others are already taking the champion test at the age of fourteen. I can't even speak, and it hurts to think about it."
Duan Yao covered her ears with her hands. She wanted to hear nothing, but her eyes were attracted by the blunt sword on the table: "What is this?"
"I don't know." Duan Baiyue shook his 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 the 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 and randomly picked a bunch of poisonous flowers that I didn't know what it was. They said that they could greatly increase their skills by inserting them in the room. As a result, everyone was double-imaged the next day, and they walked 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 figure out the palace?"
Duan Baiyue nodded: "Naturally, 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 Southwest went to Chu State secretly, 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 all the way to starlight.
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. In this weather, they will sell mutton soup for a few days to drive away the cold. It is time to replace it with steamed buns and porridge. After all, it is getting warmer and warmer. .
"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." 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 is also patrolling with people, 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 silent 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
Inside the palace, Chu Yuan still had a splitting headache after drinking the medicine.
In the past few days, people have been investigating, but they have not gotten any useful clues. After eating roast duck in Tongfulou that day, Gu Li went to the teahouse to listen to a little tune, and then left satisfied, and even gave Qin Niang a lot of silver. 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, "Now there are some rumors circulating in the city, according to what Wei Chen sees, it would be better to inform Anu Kingdom about this matter as soon as possible, don't be afraid. is useless."
Chu Yuan sat on the dragon chair, 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 contradiction has not been eliminated. The reason why the various ministries will not move forward is that they are afraid of the imperial army, and secondly, it is because of the assistance of Anu Kingdom. Now Gu Li has died tragically. In King City, Shada's temper has always been irritable and impulsive. If he is provoked from it, I am afraid that there are endless hidden dangers.
"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 send someone to the country of Anu the day after tomorrow." After pondering, Chu Yuan finally spoke up and asked again, "Should Qian Fan come back too?"
"Back to the emperor, General Shen will arrive at the king's city in about seven days." Cai Jin said, "If you rush on the road, you will be there in five days."
Chu Yuan nodded and waved him to retreat first.
Chu State 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.
"Is he a thief?" Duan Yao pierced him.
Duan Baiyue took him to the roof of a family.
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 in front?" Duan Baiyue said, "There is a secret room on the top floor, I want that pearl."
"Let's talk about it first, then I'll steal this one, and I'm going to sleep in the middle of the night." Duan Yao patted the ashes on his clothes.
Duan Baiyue nodded.
Duan Yao stood up and moved his wrist, and Xu disappeared into the night.
Duan Baiyue touched his chin and silently followed behind him.
The pagoda was very dilapidated, and slag was scattered everywhere. Duan Yao looked disgusted as soon as he entered, and when he went through all the troubles to escape the authorities and got the Pearl with a head of dust, he was 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 seemed to be throwing cockroaches, "It's dirty."
"Do you know what this is?" Duan Baiyue shook the box in his hand.
"How could 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.
"Nine mysteries of hidden weapons to kill everywhere? Is it this broken tower?" Duan Yao confirmed again, "This bead is the Fen Xing 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.