The banquet was very sumptuous, and Lan Ning'er and Wantong were also very enthusiastic.
After drinking for three rounds, Yuchi Pingting asked Wantong how he and Lan Ning'er's master Jun Tianxing were doing lately.
Wantong said that Jun Tianxing had always been very good, and he was originally going to come to pick up the wind for them, but he suddenly encountered other things and was unable to come. He changed the topic.
Yuchi Pingting saw a shadow flash across Wantong's face, as if there was something unspeakable, but since Wantong was unwilling to talk about the private matters of Jun Tianxing and his disciples, it was inconvenient for her to ask further.
"Brother Xiaoyao, you are here with great fanfare, you must be here for the treasures from the treasure appraisal conference." Lan Ning'er asked with her big eyes flashing, her eyes directed at Yi Xiaoyao full of enthusiasm.
"Haha, I wonder how many of the newcomers to Desert Villa are not here for the treasure appraisal conference." Yi Xiaoyao smiled and continued: "I have always heard of this treasure appraisal conference, but I haven't heard of it.
Thinking that the scale is so huge, there will be so many people coming here, not only martial arts people, but also officials." Yi Xiaoyao said while looking at the bustling crowd outside.
"Haha, the treasure appraisal conference was not so attractive in the past." Wantong persuaded several people to eat food and drink, while explaining in detail: "Originally, the golden and jade dark field is usually the circulation of various treasures.
It doesn't seem to matter whether or not there is this treasure appraisal conference, but in the past year or two, the treasures sold at this treasure appraisal conference seem to be becoming more and more mysterious, especially since the Golden Carving Jade Dark Field has an official boss." Wantong.
He took a sip of tea as he spoke, as if thinking about where to start.
"Does it turn out that the dark field made of gold and jade has no owner?" Feng Qingyu asked.
Yuchi Pingting is also waiting for Wantong's answer, because she has heard that there is a boss behind the scenes of the Golden Carving and Jade Dark Field, but this boss is very mysterious, and no one has been able to find out his identity.
Wantong thought for a while, looked at the anxious expressions of several people, and then said: "Yes, there was no so-called owner of the Golden Carving Jade Dark Field at the beginning, just some people who committed crimes in various countries and could not continue to live in their own countries.
I lived here, but because of the need to make a living, I started to engage in a series of activities such as stealing and robbing tombs, and resold the treasures I got in this area."
"In the beginning, only a few people did this, intermittently, and no climate was formed. But as more and more capable people came here, this kind of transaction actually formed a climate, but there was no organizer to organize it, so
Everyone should do their own thing."
"Until three years ago, the Golden Carved Jade Dark Field suddenly had an additional owner, and from that time on, this owner began to hold annual treasure appraisal conferences. However, the other individual practitioners did not seem to complain. However,
The treasure appraisal conferences in previous years were very sloppy and there was nothing worth seeing. This year, for some reason, so many people came." Wantong finished in one breath.
Yuchi Pingting chewed over Wantong's words, and then said: "This mysterious master must also have a good background. The people who come here to make a living are probably not cheap, since this master can make these people obedient."
There is no complaint in the post, which proves that he always has something extraordinary." Yuchi Pingting said, while also thinking about why so many people were attracted this time.
She herself came here to find the ice and fire jade jade toad needed to treat Mo Mo. On the other hand, it was the gold and silver deadly double hook. Shangguan Zhennan heard about this treasure appraisal conference.
The news about the sword came out of interest.
But as for Nangong Feiran and the three princes, they came because the emperor got news that this treasure appraisal conference had a treasure map about a Canglong treasure from the previous dynasty. In short, no matter which one it was, it was very tempting.
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A treasure appraisal conference that was not very grand at first, under the leadership of a mysterious owner, suddenly collected so many treasures that all the heroes and patriots from all over the world came to attend. The profound meaning of this event has to make people think deeply.
But whether it was a conspiracy or not, Yuchi Pingting still has no way of knowing what happened. It will have to wait until the treasure appraisal conference in two days to reveal the truth.
Nangong Feiran looked at the crowds in Desert Flying Eagle Restaurant, and a trace of doubt floated in his mind. His thoughts were almost the same as those of Yuchi Pingting.
The journey has been calm these past few days, but the long days of traveling have made everyone very tired, but now that Wantong and Lan Ning'er are toasting and drinking here, the fatigue of the past few days has disappeared, especially Lan Ning'er.
, pestering Yi Xiaoyao
He talked about the external affairs, and also coaxed Yi Xiaoyao to promise to wear it when she left this time and go to Luoyang with her to see things. Lan Ning'er didn't care about everyone's teasing, but she looked like a shy person when she was wearing a oh-ah-yao
The girl also felt very miserable.
The people at the table were so happy that no one noticed a shadow staring at them in the corner of the Desert Eagle. Then after Yuchi Pingting and others left, the figure also flew out quickly, heading directly towards the nearest
He ran to a newly erected tea shed.
Panting, the man ran to the tea shed, and sure enough he saw his master drinking tea in an inconspicuous place in the tea shed, waiting for him.
I saw this young man with black hair like ink, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, eyes like torches, and an unfathomable expression in his eyes. His facial features seemed to have been carefully carved and carefully placed on that bronze face.
It was extremely comfortable. The man did not have fine clothes and fine food, but his movements revealed a graceful and luxurious elegance.
Perhaps the tea in the desert was too bitter, so the young master's red lips parted slightly, and he just took a sip, then frowned, pushed the teacup aside, and stopped picking it up.
"Master." The man in gray who was flying eagles in the desert and staring at Yuchi Pingting and his group said respectfully beside the young man: "They have all gone back."
The young man slowly raised his head and asked, "Did you find out anything?"
"The person who invited them to eat and drink was Desert Flying Eagle's boss named Wantong, and his junior sister named Lan Ning'er. They just ate and drank and chatted casually. They didn't talk about the treasure map. However, it seemed that they heard
They talked about the Ice Fire Jade Toad, and they seemed to talk about detoxification, but nothing else."
"Ice Fire Jade Toad?" The young man thought to himself, didn't they come here for the Canglong treasure map? Then he waved his hand to signal the man in gray to go down, while he frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
It took a long time before this man showed a smile, with a cunning light flashing in his eyes. Then he picked up the bamboo hat beside him and walked quickly towards a blacksmith shop. He walked quickly, and he disappeared after a few steps.
Princess Zixuan and Liu Ruomei, accompanied by the three princes and Liu Qingfeng, casually walked around the desert villa and returned early. Although they were very interested in everything here, they saw that many people in the town were
They were ferocious martial arts people, and they didn't want to expose their identities and cause more trouble, so they came back early.
It was night, the moon and stars were sparse.
The chamberlain Zuo Cheng ordered his men to guard each room, and he personally led the team to patrol the other courtyards. He did not dare to slack off. He knew that this was a desert villa, not comparable to the imperial capital Luoyang, and he was responsible for the affairs of these princes.
Life and death, so don’t dare to make any mistakes.
At the same time, in the main hall of the other courtyard, Liu Qingfeng and Nangong Feiran were still drinking and talking.
"Brother Nangong, why don't you go and have a rest early." Liu Qingfeng said with a smile.
Nangong Feiran drank the wine in one gulp, then looked at Liu Qingfeng and said, "My purpose here is the same as Mr. Liu's."
Liu Qingfeng did not rest because he went out today and saw the Liao warriors. Although he understood that the Liao warriors would not blatantly rush into other courtyards to do anything, he was still worried about Zuo Cheng and his guards.
The safety of the prince is in danger, and he, a first-class bodyguard in the palace, dare not be careless.
And Nangong Feiran did have the same reason, but it was because when he was talking to Wantong in Desert Flying Eagle today, he learned that three of the Canglang Seven Kills had appeared at Desert Villa, which reminded him of that day in Desert Villa.
When we were at the inn in Chifengling, Ji Boguang said that the Canglang Five Killers were killed because they disrupted Ji Boguang's plan by assassinating the eighth and sixth princes.
Canglang Qisha's martial arts skills are not low, and they are all assassins. It would be easy for him to take advantage of the opportunity to harm the three princes here, so he must be more vigilant.
"In that case, let's have a drink under this pair of moons." Liu Qingfeng said and filled Nangong Feiran's wine glass.
"You can skip the drinking. I'll host a banquet for Master Liu when I return to Luoyang another day." Nangong Feiran said with a smile.
That night, the three princes lived in peace and harmony, but what they didn't expect was that a person who was not in danger in the first place was in danger.
And this person is Mo Mo.
It turned out that when Yuchi Pingting returned to the wing, Mo Mo disappeared. Xiu Xiu said that Mo Mo had taken Xiaobai out to play. Yuchi Pingting didn't pay attention, but when the sky turned completely dark, Mo Mo was not there yet.
When she came back, she knew that Mo Mo had always been playful,
But she would not be worried about returning home late. Then she asked Yi Xiaoyao and Feng Qingyu, both of whom said they had not seen Mo Mo since they came back. Thinking that the people in this desert villa are not kind people, Yuchi Pingting
Only then did I realize what might have happened.
He hurried out and saw Nangong Feiran and Liu Qingfeng drinking and chatting in the main hall.
"Pingting, what's wrong?" Nangong Feiran saw Yuchi Pingting's panic and asked eagerly. He had never seen Yuchi Pingting so panicked, even when facing thousands of troops, Yuchi Pingting looked like this
She was very confident, without any trace of panic, but now, Yuchi Pingting's eyes were full of uneasiness, which surprised both Nangong Feiran and Liu Qingfeng.
"Mo Mo is gone." Yuchi Pingting was so confused that she didn't dare to think too much.
Nangong Feiran stood up, walked to Yuchi Pingting's side, put his arm around Yuchi Pingting's waist, and then comforted: "We will go out to look for her now. Mo Mo is so smart and clever, everything will be fine."
"Boss, don't be too anxious. It may be that Mo Mo is lost. Don't always think about bad things. Let's go look for it together. Come back before dawn and gather together. I'll inform some friends of Desert Flying Eagle.
Let them help together." Feng Qingyu said.
In normal times, Yuchi Pingting would never easily disturb others to ask for help, but Mo Mo is her heartthrob. She has always been calm when things happen, and now she has lost her bearings. At the moment, she just hopes that more people will help, as soon as possible.
He found Mo Mo, so he just nodded silently.
"Yes, Crown Princess, Desert Villa is not big, let's help you find it together." Liu Qingfeng also stood up and said, "Without further delay, let's set off now."
After that, Yuchi Pingting, Nangong Feiran, Yi Xiaoyao and Feng Qingyu, together with Liu Qingfeng, each looked for them in different directions.
In the darkness, a pair of bright eyes saw five figures emerging from the courtyard and running in five directions. He couldn't help but feel a little confused, so he asked a boy next to him: "What are they doing?"
"Master, it seems that the child who was traveling with them has disappeared." The man in gray replied.
It turned out that these two people were the master and servant who were at the tea shed during the day.
"The son of Yuchi Pingting?" The man said to himself. After a while, he said to the people around him: "Go down and find this child and bring him to me." After that, the figure flashed and disappeared into the night.
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And poor little Momo was being locked up in a dark room at this time, and he didn't even know where he was.
It turned out that after dinner during the day, Mo Mo took Xiao Bai out to play.
Many people in the desert villa covet Xiaobai, the spiritual beast next to Mo Mo. That is why Mo Mo was attacked in front of a juggling stall and brought here. Xiaobai followed Mo Mo all the way here. Those who
People knew that Xiaobai was a spiritual beast and kept threatening Xiaobai with Mo Mo. Even though Xiaobai was a spiritual beast, he could see that his little master's life was in danger.
Although Mo Mo kept shouting for Xiao Bai to run first, the spirit beast kept chasing him, so he followed Mo Mo to this place. Xiao Bai kept attacking the people who came forward to capture him, making it impossible for those people to get close.
Mo Mo saw five or six strong men in a yard doing harm to Xiao Bai, and felt very anxious, but he had no choice.
A bearded man looked like he couldn't take down the snow mastiff, and his arm had been bitten. When there was nothing he could do, a tall and thin man next to him took out a quiver from his arms, and blew a quiver at the snow mastiff with a sinister smile.
It was easy for Xiaobai to dodge the poisonous needles due to his strong body. But just as he avoided the first one, the second poisonous needle arrived. The other one couldn't dodge and was hit by the poisonous needle.
"Third brother, if you don't use such a good thing, we just dealt with this beast with bare hands, and everyone was injured." A short fat man glared at the tall and thin man in displeasure and said unhappily.
"Hey, second brother, don't be surprised. This thing was snatched from a few Miao people a few days ago. I didn't think of it just now." The tall and thin man said with a smile.
"Wait a minute, Third Brother, was this injection poisoned?" A big man wearing animal skin asked nervously when he saw Xiao Bai falling slowly.
"Brother, don't worry, it's just an ordinary anesthetic. This spiritual beast is worth a lot of money. How could I poison it to death?" The tall and thin man said proudly: "Brother, I'm going to capture this spiritual beast this time.
I want to share more of the main force."
"Huh, everyone worked hard, why should we be divided more, and we are still injured." The bearded man said dissatisfied.
"Shut up, now is not the time to talk about this." The middle-aged man called Big Brother said: "Our target is only this spiritual beast, but what should we do with this child now?" He looked at Mo Mo with a look in his eyes.
Cold light.
Mo Mo didn't seem to be afraid at all, but felt very sad when he saw that his beloved pet had been subdued.
"Children, forget it." The bearded man said.
"No!" The tall and thin man immediately stopped.
"Hey, third brother, you won't even let go of an unweaned child," said the bearded man.
"You haven't been weaned yet." Mo Mo shouted dissatisfied: "You'd better let me and Xiaobai go quickly. If my father and mother find out, you won't be able to eat and walk around." Mo Mo Yuanyuan
His little face turned red. He struggled hard, but the hand of the big man holding him was like an iron clamp on his arm, and he couldn't get free.
"You heard me, fourth brother, if we don't deal with this kid, his parents will make us walk around without food." The tall and thin man said to the bearded man with a smile.
"Brother, we have seen the people traveling with this child during the day. They definitely look like they are not ordinary people. They must be from a family of officials. This child has already seen what we look like. We really can't keep him here."
The short, fat middle-aged man who was the second brother said to the eldest brother.
"Brother, we are bandits, not murderers. Even if we kill people, we wouldn't kill such a little kid." The bearded man glanced at the second and third brothers with contempt.
"Okay, don't talk anymore." The leader waved his hand and said: "Lock up this child first. As for this snow mastiff, hide it too. Don't let anyone discover it. Smuggle it back to Liao Kingdom and then dispose of it. This little furry child
Well, lock him up first. Seeing how fat and white he is, it would be a pity to kill him and sell him to the palace." The elder brother smiled ferociously: "It seems that this trip is really worthwhile, haha."
Then he walked into the house quickly.
The short and fat second brother ordered several men to lock up Mo Mo and Xiao Bai respectively.
Mo Mo was alone in the dark and cold room. He couldn't help but think of the terrifying scene he saw in Chifengling a few days ago. He couldn't help but be a little scared. However, thinking that Xiaobai was in a more dangerous situation, he didn't even care about being afraid at the moment. He just looked in the dark.
After rummaging around the room, he found nothing but a dusty table and a few piles of firewood.
And there were two men with swords guarding the only door.
"It's too exaggerated that a little furry child needs the two of us to guard him. He has no wings, so he can fly away." A person said dissatisfied.
"Since the second master has given orders, just follow them. It is much easier to guard this little kid than the two brothers guarding the beast." Another man said.
"Uncle, tell me where Xiaobai is?" Mo Mo asked pitifully while crawling on the crack of the window.
"Hey, you go back and stay there, or I'll chop your head off with a knife." A big man said in a ferocious manner.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Mo Mo seemed to be frightened, and immediately started crying. He said vaguely: "Dad... mother... I want mother..."
"Oh, it's so annoying. I hate it when children cry." The big man said impatiently.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..Mo Mo is going to die, Mo Mo wants his father..." Mo Mo cried even harder when he heard this. At the same time, he peeked at the reactions of the two guards through his fingers.
"Brother Li, why do you need to be as knowledgeable as a child?" Another guard looked at Mo Mo and said, "Kid, stop crying, your snow mastiff is in that room." He pointed at Mo Mo.
In a room opposite, there were indeed two people standing at the door. Then he continued: "Your snow mastiff will not die, so stop crying. If you make us anxious, you will not end well."
Mo Mo pretended to be frightened and gradually stopped crying, but in her heart she was thinking: "Humph, if you offend me, you will not end well." He immediately walked to a pile of firewood and sat down to start.