23. Chapter 23
Liugong City did not impose a curfew, but only closed the city gates at night and were not allowed to enter and exit at will. However, the small border counties are not like the capital city. In such a deep night and such a cold sky, in addition to the husband, there are very few serious people who are still wandering on the streets in the middle of the night, let alone looking for food.
After strolling for more than a day, the three of them finally entered the kitchen of a restaurant. After entering from behind, Pei Jingzhe put down the cook servant who was guarding the night, found Chaihe to cook the stove, took out noodles and eggs from the cabinet, and laid three bowls of egg noodles. This was naturally not because Feng Xiao suddenly became good to Cui, but because he was hungry himself.
Cui didn't go, and he was not polite. He never knew how to write the word "polite", let alone when facing someone who had poisoned him, when he saw Pei Jingzhe bringing the noodles, he took the fullest bowl and ate it.
Feng Xiao tsk: "Acui, have you read the story of Kong Rong releasing li?"
Cui Buqun didn't raise his head: "Are you my brother?"
But he soon became unsatisfied. He chewed the noodles in his mouth a few times, swallowed them easily, and his brows were frowning tightly.
"Why is it so light? Didn't salt be added? Why are the noodles so hard? Did you pick them up as soon as you put them in the pot?"
Pei Jingzhe was quite aggrieved: "This is my first time cooking."
The implication is that it is already very good to have access to it.
Feng Xiao gloated: "Or why do you think I have chosen the bowl with the most soup and the least noodles? It would be great if he could cook the chicken eggs, just eat it!"
Just now, Monk Yuxiu kidnapped Cui Bulu. It seemed that his footwork was not fast, but in fact it was already southeast and northwest of Qiushan Villa, just the opposite corner. Cui Bulu could not wait to go back to the villa and eat. So the three of them went around around the neighborhood and found food for most of the day.
Pei Jingzhe was full of questions and didn't even bother to eat eggs. He couldn't help asking: "Mr. Lang, is that jade gall really broken?"
Feng Xiao: "It's broken, didn't you see it with your own eyes?"
Pei Jingzhe: "But, what if the jade gut is real?"
Feng Xiao put down the bowl and said slowly: "There are probably two groups of people who grab the jade courage."
Pei Jingzhe was stunned: "How did you know?"
Cui Buqu said coldly: "Your head is as hard to describe as your cooking skills. The envoy of Khotan was killed, and the murderer had no other way except to escape into the city and ambush. If you want to do this, you must have the help of the insider in the city."
Pei Jingzhe was said this, and Feng Xiao not only did not help him stand out, but also expressed his agreement: "If there is a helper in the city, it will be even more difficult for us to find the real jade gall. Previously, I thought the murderer colluded with Wen Liang from Linlang Pavilion and wanted to build a plank road openly and secretly travel to Chencang, but Wen Liang was arrested, and the jade suspected of jade gall was still taken out for auction. It can be seen that the person behind him may want to use fakes to attract our attention and take the opportunity to transport the real away. However, after today's auction, the Eagle Knight who stayed in the city did not find traces of jade gall, so there was only another possibility."
"What's the possibility?" Pei Jingzhe thought along the way of thinking and asked unconsciously.
Cui Buqu really couldn't eat the bowl of noodles anymore. He also ate the eggs in the bowl with disgust, just in time to take Feng Xiao's words.
"The two groups of people who killed and robbed the jade gall are likely to have had a stumble. The jade gall was taken away by one of them, and the other group wanted to use the fake jade gall to lure the other party out and then snatch the real jade gall away."
Pei Jingzhe was puzzled: "How could the person who has already stolen the jade courage be deceived?"
Cui Bulu said: "I heard that during the Han Dynasty, many small countries in the Western Regions brought their own treasures to pay tribute to the Central Plains. In order to prevent the genuine products from being stolen, they sometimes prepared a similar fake and sent them together."
Pei Jingzhe understood that Cui Bulu means that there may be two jade galls sent by King Khotan this time, one is true and the other is false. Although the fake is a fake, it must be beautiful jade. Otherwise, it is impossible to distort the real one. It is very likely that only Yuchi Jinwu will know which one is true and which one is false. Once Yuchi died, the murderer took away the jade galls. Two groups of people were one by one. Naturally, they all suspected that they were fake, and what the other party took was real.
This speculation is a bit complicated, but Pei Jingzhe thought about it carefully and felt that there was no way to argue. When three or five days later, the envoys of the King of Khotan arrived, they would naturally know whether the truth was as speculated by Feng Xiao and Cui Bu Lu.
But now, we have to find the jade gall first.
Thinking of this, Pei Jingzhe said: "Master Cui means that no matter what possibility, since the beautiful jade, which is suspected to be a jade gall, has appeared in Linlang Pavilion, the other party will definitely send someone to see what the subsequent results will be?"
Cui Bugui nodded, thinking that he was not stupid enough.
"Among those who will be present tonight, there must be people associated with the murderer, and maybe they are one of the murderers."
Pei Jingzhe began to recall: "If I remember correctly, there were six people who came to rob jade tonight. The killer on the 13th floor of Yunhai left at the beginning, which could be ignored. In addition to that monk, there were Turkic master Buddha Ear, Goguryeo Gao Ning, the woman in yellow, and one more..."
Cui Buqu’s impression of the last person was very vague. He only remembered that the other person was wearing black clothes and half of his body was hidden in the darkness. He couldn’t even recognize whether it was a man or a woman. He vaguely remembered that when the Buddha ear took action, the other person was gone.
Feng Xiao took out the six chopsticks used by the three of them and put them together, and moved them out one by one.
"Bu Er intends to kill me, not for the Jade Gauntlet. Although he doesn't know why he wants to kill me for the time being, he can let him go for the time being."
"Gao Ning and Yuxiu both came for the sake of jade courage. There is no intention of temptation, and it should not be them."
"As for the woman named Bingxian..."
Feng Xiao looked at Cui Bulu.
Cui Buqu indeed knew the other party's origin. He said: "There is a sect called Hehuan Sect in the world. In the past, double cultivation and replenishment were used as a method to enhance your skills. Bingxian was the disciple of the sect leader. It is said that he is highly valued and may take over the sect leader's mantle in the future."
He found that when Feng Xiao heard the name of Hehuan Sect, his expression changed a little. Although it was extremely subtle, it was caught by Cui Buqu.
"It seems that the second Lord Feng Mansion has some connection with Hehuan Sect?"
"To be honest, my cousin's wife's cousin's aunt is also a disciple of Hehuan Sect. When I heard the name of this sect, I felt a little kind in my heart." Feng Xiao said with a smile.
Cui Buqun looked expressionless: "It turns out that your cousin's wife's cousin's aunt, the aunt likes to pick men to increase their skills?"
Feng Xiao: "That's not. It's said that a woman is like a wolf at thirty and a tiger at 40. If she enters the Hehuan Sect, she might be like a fish in water."
Pei Jingzhe's mouth twitched, and he didn't want to listen to them talking nonsense anymore, so he hurriedly pulled the topic back.
"In this way, Bingxian and another mysterious man should be the biggest suspicion?"
Cui Buqu said: "Although Jade Gall is useful to the people of the martial arts world, Bing Xian has enough motivation, but if she is one of the murderers and comes to confirm that Jade Gall is authentic, there is no need to show up and report her name. She can hide in the dark and come and go without a trace."
Pei Jingzhe thought about it and made sense. When he saw Feng Xiao picking out the penultimate chopsticks and leaving the last one, he knew that Feng Xiao also completely agreed with Cui Buqu’s analysis.
The only most suspicious thing is the man in black who cannot distinguish between men and women.
Feng Xiao stood up and said, "When the man left, I had secretly ordered the Eagle Rider to follow him. When we return to the other courtyard, there should be news back."
Only then did Pei Jingzhe realize that Feng Xiao had such a trick.
But he suddenly remembered something more important.
"But Mr. Lang, the jade gall has been broken. If that jade gall is real, wouldn't we..."
Wouldn't it be a waste of time to work hard and not be able to go back and report to the emperor?
Feng Xiao glanced at him and said nothing.
Cui Bulu said, "I suggest you bring a smarter person next time you come out, so as not to be too irritated."
Feng Xiao smiled and said, "With me, a smart person, no matter how smart a person is, he is like the light of a firefly?"
Cui Buqu: "Since that's the case, Feng Langjun wants me to do something, so why don't you let me go and let me go."
Feng Xiao: "That's not possible. Although you are not as dazzling as the sun and the moon, you are influenced by me and at least you are brilliant starry. Atcure, if you are willing to come to Jiejian Mansion, let alone the Fourth Mansion Master, even if you really like me and want me to warm the bed, I will respond to everything."
He even grabbed Cui Buqun's hand and said affectionately.
Cui Buqu was so disgusted by him that he was so disgusted that his hands were on his back, and he immediately raised his hair when his arms were on his back. He hurriedly threw it away, as if he was stained with a dirty thing.
"No matter whether the broken jade gall is true or not, the jade gall that is recovered must be true!"
Hearing this sentence, Pei Jingzhe flashed his spiritual light and suddenly understood.
He couldn't help but think that the old fox is an old fox. People who can be seen by Feng Xiao must have abilities that are difficult for ordinary people to reach in some aspects.
The three of them returned to the Akiyama Villa and followed the man in black to leave. As expected, the Eagle Rider who was back.
"My subordinates were incompetent. When they were halfway through, they seemed to be discovered by the other party, so they had to retreat first. However, when the subordinates saw the direction of his disappearance, they should lead to the backyard of Lu's house."
There are many people in this city with the surname Lu, but there is only one famous one that can be called a house. It is the wealthy family, the Lu family, who is said to have a distant relative to the Lu family in Fanyang.
It’s a coincidence that Fengxiao and Cui didn’t go to them early this morning, and they met a girl from the Lu family and her cousin at the restaurant.
When the two heard the Eagle Rider's report, they both looked at each other.
Feng Xiao: "Acui, her cousin, who is his name?"
Cui Bulu: "Su Xing."
Feng Xiao: "From the other person's figure, it looks more like Lu. Let's go and see."
It was very cold in the middle of the night, and after he said that, he was about to get up to search Lu's house.
Cui Bulu said coldly: "Mr. Fenglang, I just ate the half-baked egg noodles made by your subordinates. Now I have some abdominal pain and want to vomit blood. Can you do it well? I feel sorry for me?"
After begging for mercy, he said a tone of thousands of swords and spears. Pei Jingzhe felt a cold arrow coming towards him, and he couldn't help but take a step back aside, not wanting to be involved in the battlefield.
Feng Xiao didn't care: "Not that cute? You even survived Naihexiang, let alone egg noodles? Jingzhe, go to the kitchen and take a look, bring two snacks to the Taoist Cui's belly, and then we'll go to Lu's house."
Cui Buqu still said coldly: "I'm going to vomit blood."
Feng Xiao just thought he was talking nonsense and turned around to tease: "Then you spit one and I'll take a look."
Unexpectedly, Cui Bugu really opened his mouth and vomited at him.
The two were close to each other, and Feng Xiao could not avoid this, but the smell of fishy smell came to his nose. What Cui Bugu was vomiting was not blood, but the egg noodles he had just eaten.
This made the second master of Feng's mansion who loves to be clean and uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!