Chapter 12: The mysterious woman in black
The sun sets, the evening breeze blows on my face, and the sky gradually becomes darker.
The beacon has been hung in Li's mansion, the dinner is ready, and everyone has moved to eat.
Li Qingkong sat in the main seat, Chen Ning was sitting in the guest seat, and Yu Xuefei sat opposite Shen Ning, keeping her eyes on him.
Li Xiaojie, whose second brother recovered, sat next to Shen Ning and became a guest.
This Li Xiaojie was indeed very stupid. He was beaten twice by Chen Ning, but he actually relied on himself and began to ask Chen Ning for martial arts, especially when he was most passionate about Mo Family Fist.
As I fought, I won over a little fan?
Chen Ning was also amused and crying, but looking at Yu Xuefei's expression of regret, Chen Ning decided to accept the admirer and teach him a few unique skills.
The banquet was meaningless, basically Li Xiaojie was pestering Chen Ning.
After three rounds of drinking, Yu Xuefei deliberately said, "By the way, I heard that the Tian Wang family prepared a banquet and invited many disciples of aristocratic families in the city to entertain a master from the imperial capital. A master who can be so respected by the Wang family must be very powerful, and we must go and see it."
Li Xiaojie shouted: "I have heard of it too, and I have insider information. It is said that the master comes from the Taoist Taoist of Heaven!"
The Tao of the Heavenly Master?
What a bold name, which immediately aroused Chen Ning's curiosity. He had arrived in this world for more than a month and did not know about it.
Yu Xuefei didn't expect it would be the Heavenly Master Dao, and said in surprise: "The person from the Heavenly Master Dao? He is indeed a master. No wonder the Wang family attaches so much importance to it."
"What are the people from Tianshidao doing here?" Li Qingkong frowned slightly and said, "They have mastered the Imperial Heavenly Prison, are deeply trusted by the emperor, and are not subject to the court to kill and pursue people. It is not necessarily a good thing for them to come to Pengcheng!"
Chen Ning heard some tricks.
The Imperial Heaven Supervision has been a special institution since ancient times. If it is valued by the emperor, it will use the laws of heaven as an excuse to gain great power. If it is not valued by the emperor, it will look at the celestial phenomena and calculate the solar terms.
As for the Great Jin Dynasty, Chen Ning traveled through time, the old emperor was old and stupid, and superstitious, so he naturally attached great importance to the Imperial Heaven Supervision.
"If they come, come, what does it have to do with us!" Yu Xuefei glared at Li Qingkong and signaled to her.
Li Qingkong immediately understood that he wanted to start taking action.
So she looked at Chen Ning and asked, "Young Master Zhao, if you have time tomorrow, you might as well accompany us to the banquet, so that we can also see the masters who have witnessed the Tao of Heaven. How about?"
Chen Ning immediately understood that this was the purpose of inviting him this time!
Invite yourself to the banquet? It seems that the banquet is a farewell, but it is true that he humiliated himself in front of the disciples of the Pengcheng family. Once his reputation is lost and he makes a big joke, Li Qingkong and Yu Xuefei will take the opportunity to cancel the engagement.
"I'm so sorry, I'll have a big deal tomorrow and I'm busy." Chen Ning said apologetically.
Li Qingkong was stunned, but he didn't expect Chen Ning to refuse.
Yu Xuefei immediately said sarcastically: "What's the big deal? Even Qingkong's invitation is rejected? A man like you is not good. Now he is pushing and hindering. Will you not be able to rely on him even more after getting married in the future?"
Chen Ning smiled and said, "I don't know anything about my niece. I may feel uncomfortable tomorrow."
Yu Xuefei:...
She felt speechless, how could such a man be!
So she looked at Li Qingkong again, and she couldn't persuade her anymore and had to rely on her.
Li Qingkong pondered for a moment and said, "Young Master Zhao, there are so many people at the banquet tomorrow, some of them are too enthusiastic, and I am not very comfortable. Can you take some time to accompany me?"
Chen Ning smiled and said, "I'll go out first and give you an answer, can I?"
"You can do whatever you want." Li Qingkong replied.
Chen Ning got up and left the room, and under the escort of the servants of the Li Mansion, he came to the thatched cottage.
"My stomach is uncomfortable, I may have squatted for a longer time." Chen Ning said while rubbing his stomach.
The servant said respectfully: "The villain is waiting in the distance, Mr. Zhao, please make a difference."
After entering the cottage, Chen Ning flipped out directly from behind.
Today, he was wearing a dark coat to attend the banquet. In order to facilitate sneaking, he took advantage of the convenience of convenience and prepared to sneak into Li Yuanxiao's study while Li Qingkong and others were in the room to check it out.
In order to find out the layout of the Li Mansion, Chen Ning asked Zhang San to buy a servant from the Li Mansion and thus obtained the layout diagram of the Li Mansion. The Li Mansion is very large and has a large number of guardians and guards. If you are not careful, you may be discovered.
Fortunately, Chen Ning was proficient in stealth, avoided several inspection teams, and touched Li Yuanxiao's study.
I pried open the window and went in, it was pitch black inside.
In this case, the lights cannot be lit, and once there is light, it will be exposed. Fortunately, the moon is very big tonight, so he opened a window to let the moonlight penetrate, and he could basically see the situation in the study.
The decoration in the study is very simple. The main hall is a place for meeting guests. On the right area is a bourgeois shelf, and the weapons and crossbows collected by Li Yuanxiao, which makes Chen Ning envious.
To the left is the desk and bookcase.
Chen Ning searched it and found no useful thing.
This is understandable. If the secrets are placed on the table, Li Yuanxiao would be too stupid.
However, Chen Ning checked the ground and wall again, and even the places where there might be hidden secrets, without any gain.
Chen Ning was a little disappointed.
It seems that Li Yuanxiao is very cautious and does not leave any important clues in the study.
"It seems that it is not easy to find out the relationship between Li Yuanxiao and the Shen family's entire family. Since that's the case, let's start by alerting the enemy!"
Chen Ning reached into his arms and took out a piece of paper.
On the paper is a painting with the gun tip.
That's right, it was Chen Ning's father Chen Lie's gun. The gun was in a strange shape and the word Shen was engraved on it. According to Xu Qishang, this is the heirloom of the Shen family. It was cast from meteorite iron outside the sky. It is sharp and sturdy, and rare in the world.
Chen Ning left this painting to Li Yuanxiao. He must have known the origin of this gun. He first alerted the snake and then saw what would happen to him.
Clipped the portrait into his book, Chen Ning was about to climb over the window and leave.
However, what Chen Ning didn't expect was that a black shadow was approaching in the distance and actually met a fellow man.
Once Chen Ning climbed through the window, he might be discovered by the other party, so he closed the window and returned to the house to observe the place where he was not hiding, so he simply turned over the beam of the room.
As soon as he hid, the dark shadow entered the room through the window.
Looking at the figure of the black shadow, she seemed to be a woman. She searched through the room, just like Chen Ning. What Chen Ning didn't expect was that the drawing paper she had just hidden was actually turned out by her.
She saw the gun tip on the paper and shouted: "This is...Shen's gun! How could it be here?"
Listening to the sound, this woman should not be old, and her voice lines are very special.
Afterwards, the woman folded the drawing paper and hid it in her arms. After continuing to search for it without success, she quickly left.
Chen Ning jumped down, a little amused.
Finally, I could only draw a painting on the spot, hide it again, and then I returned to the cottage myself.
The servants have been waiting for a long time. After so long, they can have children. What the hell?
Finally, Chen Ning rubbed his stomach and walked out.
When he returned to the hall, Yu Xuefei couldn't help but snorted: "I thought you could not climb out after falling into it."
Li Qingkong asked, "Young Master Zhao, are you willing to go to tomorrow's banquet?"
The two women stared at Chen Ning. Yu Xuefei had already made up her mind. If he still refused, he had to scratch him!
Chen Ning nodded and smiled, "I have been thinking about it and decided to accompany you to meet the young talent in Pengcheng."
"Okay!" Li Qingkong and Yu Xuefei looked overjoyed, especially Yu Xuefei showed a proud look.
It was getting late, so Chen Ning stood up and said goodbye. Everyone was sent to the mansion. Before leaving, Chen Ning suddenly smiled and said, "Jade Niece, have you figured out the answer to yesterday's mystery?"
As soon as these words were said, Yu Xuefei was embarrassed and Li Qingkong's face turned red.
"What's the answer?" Li Xiaojie came up.
Chen Ning laughed and said, "I heard that Jade niece has learned so much. Now I see that this is all, so I say goodbye!"
Chapter completed!