Save the tragic villain in progress!

Qin Daoyan is not only the general of the right guard, but also the minister of the Ministry of war.Compared with when he was young, he has lost a lot of his edge in the court, and he doesn't know how to do many things in person. More often, he chooses to stand behind the scenes quietly and contribute to the flames.

His huge mansion looks ordinary from the outside, but inside it is very irregular, and the number of patterns on the pillars in the entrance hall exceeds his own rank.The veranda, which is hard to find, is all over the courtyard. When the wind blows, the white flocculent seeds are flying all over the sky, as if a field of pure snow has fallen out of thin air.

Every courtyard is patrolled.These people include men and women, they are neither guards nor servants, but adopted sons and daughters adopted by Qin Daoyan, all of them are good at martial arts.

Qianqian hides in the dark, feeling that these people are quite troublesome, and she has already started to retreat in her heart, but she doesn't want that person surnamed Chu to underestimate her.She used her unique technique to keep her figure in shape, and flew up to the roof with a few vertical leaps, like a dexterous swallow, everything happened in an instant without attracting anyone's attention.

Qianqian found Qin Daoyan's residence, quietly opened a gap in the roof tiles, looked down, and saw that he was writing a memorial.Under the bright candlelight, one could vaguely see the other party's frost-white hair between the temples.

At this moment, someone knocked lightly on the outer door, and a woman's voice came: "I'm reporting to foster father, Qin Shuang is back."

Qin Shuang?Who?

Qianqian didn't recognize her, so she lay on the roof and continued to observe.Qin Daoyan put the brush aside, looked up to the outside, and said two words in an old voice: "Come in."

Only then did Qianqian see his whole picture clearly.Qin Daoyan is now in the year of knowing his destiny, and his face is full of dimples, no different from ordinary old people.The only difference is that his right eye is wearing a black eye patch, and his left eye is radiant.

As soon as he finished speaking, a well-dressed woman pushed the door and entered, followed by a man in black with a high nose and deep eyes, presumably Qin Shuang.

"See foster father."

Qin Shuang knelt on one knee, lowered his head to hide the expression in his eyes.After he escaped from the General's Mansion, he didn't come back to report immediately, but found a place to recuperate and sort out his messy thoughts.

Qin Daoyan nodded, motioning for him to get up: "How about what I asked you to do?"

Qin Shuang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "My son is incompetent, he didn't find what Jiu Niang left behind."

The well-dressed woman at the side widened her eyes slightly when she heard the words: "Impossible, Jiu Niang told me in private that she hid something in the outskirts of the city, how could she not find it!"

"Thirteen Niangs—"

Qin Daoyan's voice was low, "Don't rush to speak, listen to what Qin Shuang has to say."

Qin Shuang had no choice but to tell the pre-fabricated lie: "My son went to the suburbs to search for a long time, but he couldn't find what Jiu Niang left behind, not even the jade pendant. I searched for a long time, so I came back late."

The wounds on his face had faded away, and the wounds on his body were hidden under his clothes, but no flaws were revealed.

Qin Shuang has always been loyal, Qin Daoyan didn't doubt him, he frowned and fell into deep thought: "Thirteen Niang, are you sure Jiu Niang said that she hid things in the suburbs?"

Thirteen Niang bowed her head and said, "My daughter dare not lie to her adoptive father. Jiuniang has long had a dissatisfaction with her adoptive father. She said... that her adoptive father's methods are vicious. I'm afraid that she will be regarded as a useless chess game sooner or later. It is necessary to prepare a perfect strategy in advance."

When she said this, she felt apprehensive, Qin Shuang lowered her eyes and wondered what she was thinking.

Qin Daoyan was neither angry nor annoyed. He glanced around them, his eyes hidden indifference, but his tone was somewhat emotional: "Oh? She really said that, but it was really a waste of my painstaking efforts to cultivate her."

Thirteen Niangs quickly knelt down to show her loyalty: "My daughter was separated from her biological parents since she was a child. If she hadn't been raised by her adoptive father, she would have starved to death on the street, and she would definitely not be as ungrateful as Jiu Niang."

When she said this, she didn't notice Qin Shuang's increasingly complicated eyes.

Qin Daoyan closed his eyes in satisfaction.Although he was brooding over Jiuniang's private possession, he was not sure whether Shisanniang's words were true or not. Since Qin Shuang had searched for many days and found nothing, it seemed to be nothing.

"Forget it, forget it if you can't find it."

Qin Daoyan doesn't believe that a dead person can cause trouble.The Xie Clan was in power back then, but after Xie Bi's death, didn't they also wither and lose.Even with Xie Jingyuan's support, he is just a half-dead sick child after all.

At this moment, someone from outside suddenly announced: "Father Yi, the elders of the Qiang tribe are here to visit."

The Qiang people will enter Beijing in a few days. Apart from presenting gifts to Emperor Yan, they also ask for the opening of trade routes between the two peoples, hoping for free trade.The ministers of the DPRK and China had mixed opinions, which made it difficult for Emperor Yan to make a decision.

The leader of the Qiang tribe had a long-standing relationship with Qin Daoyan in private. This time he went to Beijing to prepare a lot of generous gifts and visited many times in order to let him lobby.

However, Qin Daoyan deliberately caught them, claiming to be sick again and again.This time the Qiang elders worked hard, gritted their teeth and increased the gift list by more than three times, determined to see him.

Qin Daoyan felt that the time was right, so he hummed: "Lead me to the meeting hall, the old man will be there later."

Qianqian leaned on the roof, saw Qin Daoyan leave the room, and waited for a while, seeing that there was no ambush, then lifted a few tiles, revealing a head-sized area.I don't know how she did it, she twisted her body for a moment, her bones made two soft sounds, and she went straight into the small hole, like a fish swimming against the wall and into the house.

Qianqian still remembered that Chu Xinian said that things were hidden under Qin Daoyan's pillow.

Fearing that there might be traps in the room, she checked around before carefully walking to the bed. After groping for a while, she finally found a slightly raised button on the wall.

"Ok?"

Qianqian bit her fingertips, frowned and fell into deep thought.

To press, or not to press, that is the question.

If it was a trap that popped up, wouldn't she be killed on the spot?

Qianqian thought for a moment, and finally relied on her skill and courage, lightly pressed the button, and decided to evacuate as soon as she found something was wrong.

"Crack-"

There was only a soft sound, and there seemed to be something moving under the pillow.Qianqian lifted the quilt and took a look, only to find that a part of the bed board was sunken, and there was indeed a small black box with a square shape inside.

The treasure of the world is hidden here?

Qianqian carefully took out the box, intending to open it to have a look, but couldn't find the switch for a long time.He simply wrapped it in a cloth bag, tied it directly to his body, and carefully restored the bed.Leaping upwards, the original path left along the hole in the roof.

In the early morning of the next day, when the dawn broke, it was the time she had agreed with Chu Xinian.

Qianqian took the box directly into the general's mansion.She is majestic and high-spirited, like a general who has won a battle, and put the black box in her hand on the table heavily, "How about it, this girl has already brought this thing, it's just the Minister of the Ministry of War, it's no problem!"

She didn't sleep last night, lying on the roof for a long time, she never thought that when she was shivering in the cold wind, Chu Xinian was lying comfortably in the room and sleeping soundly.

"The girl's stealing technique is really superb."

Chu Xinian sounded like he was amazed, and he was not stingy with his praise.He picked up the box and looked it over carefully, but saw that there were many scratches on it, so he slightly raised his eyebrows.

Qianqian turned her head away guilty, not daring to look at him.She is a thief, so of course she wants to know what world-wide treasure is hidden inside, but Qin Daoyan doesn't know what kind of material this box is made of.

In order to ensure the authenticity of this box, Chu Xinian deliberately tried to test it out, and asked slowly: "Miss, this box...is it fake?"

Qianqian was so angry that she almost rolled her eyes, trembling all over.What kind of enmity does this surnamed Chu have with her? It's fine to ruin her good deeds again and again, and insult her professional ethics again and again, which is unbearable!

"Crack!" She slapped the table hard, "The surname is Chu, this is stolen from under Qin Daoyan's pillow by my aunt, if there is even half a lie, it will be struck by lightning!"

Chu Xinian smiled: "Girl, don't panic, I'm just asking casually. If you didn't enter Qin Daoyan's mansion at all, but just found a box to deceive me, wouldn't I be wronged if I lost?"

Qianqian gritted her teeth: "How can you believe it?"

While studying the box in his hand, Chu Xinian asked casually, "How many corridors are there in Mr. Qin's mansion?"

Qianqian said firmly: "Thirteen places!"

Chu Xinian: "What kind of flowers do you grow in the courtyard?"

Qianqian: "Flying snow is white!"

Chu Xinian: "What are the table corner ornaments in the study?"

Qianqian: "The green beast steps on the clouds!"

Chu Xinian finally dispelled his doubts.He put the box aside, got up and walked behind the desk, and then dipped a pen and ink on the rice paper and wrote a big and powerful character——

clothes.

Chu Xinian dried the ink and handed it to her with a smile: "Young lady is super skilled at stealing, she should be remembered in history. If I have the opportunity to write a book in the future, I will definitely keep the young lady. This is what I owe the young lady." .”

Qianqian took the words with a smile on her face, her eyes were dark, and she seemed to be very interested in the matter of "keeping my name in history": "Compile a book? What are you going to write about me?"

Chu Xinian shook the folding fan in his hand, thought for a moment and said: "Go through the hall and back to the eaves without a trace, if you pick stars and steal treacherous ministers with skillful hands, the name of chivalry is naturally only for girls."

There was something in his words, Qianqian finally heard the meaning, and said in a suspicious tone, "Stealing a traitor?"

Chu Xinian smiled and said nothing: "The girl will know in a few days."

After he finished speaking, he casually pointed to the thousand receivers on the table with his folding fan: "Anyway, this thing can't be opened, why don't you just let it go?"

"That won't work," Qianqian felt at a loss, "I stole it so hard, you have to exchange it with treasure."

Chu Xinian readily accepted: "Okay, what does the girl want?"

Qianqian actually didn't want anything, she had seen a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, at best she didn't want Chu Xinian to take advantage of her.Scanning his eyes up and down, he found a small piece of transparent green jade on his neck, and pointed out: "You might as well give me the jade you wear around your neck."

"No--"

Chu Xinian subconsciously refused, and turned sideways to avoid Qianqian's sight, and put the jade back into his skirt.After realizing that his reaction seemed to be a little strong, he subconsciously let go of his hand: "...This thing is not good, the girl should get another one."

Qianqian tilted her head: "So reluctant, why, is it sent by your sweetheart?"

Chu Xinian subconsciously looked at her when he heard the words. For some reason, he didn't speak for a long time.

Qianqian felt guilty after being stared at by him for a while, and quickly waved her hands and said, "That's all, I'm a loser, this broken box is for you."

After saying that, he lowered his head, carefully folded the piece of paper into a small square, and then stuffed it into his arms, muttering: "Look at how dare you underestimate my stealing skills, hum, I'm gone, I won't play with you anymore! "

After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands and left quickly.With a leap, he disappeared in an instant.

Seeing this, Chu Xinian came back to his senses slowly, and walked out the door slowly.He looked up at the sky, and saw a vast and clear blue outside the wall, and Qianqian's figure had long been gone. He was silent for a moment, and smiled to himself.

He asked the guard at the door: "Where is the general?"

The guard replied: "The prince came to visit just now, and the general went to the front hall to meet him."

If you don't have anything to go to the Three Treasures Hall, the prince must have something important to do.Chu Xinian was about to go and have a look, but before he came out of the courtyard, he saw the prince and Xie Jingyuan walking towards him.

"What's the matter, Mr. Chu Er, who is like a god in judging cases, why is he shrunk in the backyard like a girl and can't come out."

The prince is still out of tune, so he has to tease him a few words when they meet.Chu Xinian subconsciously glanced at Xie Jingyuan next to him, then quickly withdrew his gaze, and asked the prince calmly, "Why did your Highness say that?"

"Hmm...you don't know?"

The prince didn't even need to be greeted by anyone, so he opened the door and entered the study by himself: "Since the feast of the heroes that day, you have even spread the news about you solving the strange case. Now it is said that Quyanghou's mansion is a double master, The common people praise you for being a god in solving cases, for being able to discern every detail, and you have suppressed half of the reputation of being a talented man in Beijing, you are so majestic."

In ancient times, there were no mobile phones and lack of entertainment content.Even the most trivial things can be spread all over the sky, not to mention the theft of famous paintings at the banquet of heroes, and the strange death of the son of the Ministry of Finance’s supervisory historian.

Xie Jingyuan sat down on the side of the low couch, picked up the teacup, and took a look at Chu Xinian: "Is the golden scale a thing in the pool, it can turn into a dragon when it encounters a storm, you really answered this sentence."

After finishing speaking, he saw Chu Xinian standing in the distance, and patted the seat beside him: "Sit down."

Chu Xinian sat down next to him as promised, but there was a large gap in the middle, as if deliberately keeping a distance.Xie Jingyuan sensed something was wrong, and subconsciously looked at him, but saw Chu Xinian made a gesture of invitation to the prince, signaling him to sit in the middle: "Please sit down, Your Highness."

He left the C position to the prince.

The prince lifted up his robe, and was about to sit down opposite, when he heard this, he paused, with a surprised expression on his face, before he could react: "Are you talking to Gu?"

Xie Jingyuan wondered what Chu Xinian meant by deliberately avoiding himself?

Chu Xinian shook the landscape fan in his hand, and smiled lightly: "Is there anyone else here? Your Highness is a half-lord, with a distinguished status, and the middle position is naturally reserved for you."

Hearing the words, the prince glanced at Chu Xinian and then at Xie Jingyuan calmly. He struggled for a long time, but he didn't dare to sit down.He sat down on the chair, and said awkwardly: "No, just sit here alone."

Chu Xinian didn't say anything: "Your Highness is here today, is there something important?"

The prince did not avoid him either: "The leader of the Qiang tribe, Muchaha, came to Beijing to meet him with gifts. His Majesty has an order to welcome you with a banquet tomorrow, and all the officials will come. I heard that you solved the case at the banquet of heroes, so I specifically told you to do the same. go."

Chu Xinian was still very willing to meet the legendary emperor, and looked at Xie Jingyuan: "I'll go too, what about the general?"

After all, Xie Jingyuan has always said that he can't get sick.

Xie Jingyuan glanced at him from the side, gritted his teeth silently, and said two words coldly: "No!"

The prince was puzzled and said, "Hey, didn't you just say you wanted to go with Chu Xinian?"

Xie Jingyuan glared at him: "You heard wrong."

The prince choked.

Chu Xinian lowered his eyes, did not speak, and changed the subject after a while: "Your Highness is here to say this?"

"Of course there are more," the prince gloated, "you don't know yet, the capital is in a state of chaos this morning, I heard that something important was lost in the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of War, Qin Daoyan led soldiers and horses to search the capital randomly, causing people to turn their backs on their backs , was read by the censor several times."

Yu Ba stroked his chin and thought, "I don't know what treasure he lost, so anxious."

Chu Xinian picked up the small black box on the table, shook it calmly, and pointed out: "Of course it's a treasure that can kill him."

Xie Jingyuan couldn't hear what they were saying at all.Seeing that Chu Xinian was deliberately avoiding him, he unexpectedly remembered that he did the same thing yesterday, unconsciously raised his hand to touch the cold mask on his face, and lowered his eyes.

Is it because he looks too scary...