Xu Zhiqiong took Jiang Mengyun back to the Marquis Mansion, ready to fight.
Just then, Xu Zhiqiong felt that a powerful presence was approaching An Shuyuan, and the pressure was carrying the unique sinister wind of the underworld.
According to Xu Zhiqiong's inference, this should be a certain star from the underworld coming to the mortal world.
In Anshuyuan, Xu Zhiqiong had to protect Jiang Mengyun and Chai Qiuci, and it was too difficult to face a star alone.
But in the Marquis Mansion, Xu Zhiqiong was certain.
There are girls in the Marquis Mansion, as well as enough mechanisms, magic weapons and charms.
Mei Ling has not yet recovered and her strength cannot reach the first level.
But Niu Jinniu is a cultivator of the underworld after all, and will be weakened in the human world. Even if Mei Ling does not take action directly and only provides cover, Xu Zhiqiong still has the courage to fight Niu Jinniu.
After waiting for a long time, Niu Taurus didn't come.
Xu Zhiqiong took out six copper coins and figured out a hexagram, three yin and three yang, good or bad luck.
An old servant walked up to Xu Zhiqiong, leaned over and saluted: "Master Marquis, we have a visitor."
Is there a visitor coming at this hour?
"The guest didn't declare his identity?"
The old servant looked dull and said: "The guest didn't want to tell the old servant. He said he wouldn't talk to the paper man."
Except for Han Di, there were no other maidservants in Xu Zhiqiong's Marquis Mansion.
The so-called servants who shuttled through the courtyard were all paper figurines made by Yang Wu. After being promoted to the third level, Yang Wu learned a new technique that allowed the paper figurines to retain some Yin Qi in their bodies and control the paper with this Yin Qi.
People, doing some simple tasks, can even do simple things.
However, the paper man's coping ability is very limited. He can do basic things like greeting people, delivering tea and water. If someone sees his identity, just call them paper man, and these servants will have no way to deal with it.
Mei Ling looked at Xu Zhiqiong, the corners of her eyes moving slightly.
This guest is not an ordinary person, and he comes with bad intentions.
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and then told the old servant: "Hold the lamp and welcome the guests!"
Xu Zhiqiong came to the gate of the house in person and saw that the person coming was none other than Liang Yushen, the head of the Canglong Palace.
"If you visit late at night and disturb Marquis Yun's dream, Marquis Yun will not be punished." Liang Yushen saluted first.
Xu Zhiqiong cupped his fists and returned the greeting: "I just saw the first palace captain in my dream, and Xu has been thinking about me."
Liang Yushen said in surprise: "Marquis Yun dreamed of me? I wonder what the scene was in the dream?"
Xu Zhiqiong recalled a moment and said: "The first palace captain appeared in the middle of the lotus and fought fiercely with the enemy."
"Lotus?" The first palace officer was startled, "I have participated in many wars, but where does this lotus come from?"
Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "I love lotuses very much. I even built a lotus pavilion. I will invite the chief palace officer to sit there another day."
Liang Yushen entered Xu Zhiqiong's mansion, and the guests and hosts took their seats in the main hall.
"I came here tonight to ask about Elder Shengwei. Since Elder Shengwei left for the north last year, there has been no news for half a year. Does Marquis Yun know the reason?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "I am also worried about this matter. I wanted to go to Canglong Palace to ask."
Liang Yushen sighed and said: "Marquis Yun doesn't know the whereabouts of Elder Shengwei, but it makes me more and more worried about the safety of the elder. I have some old friends in the Western Regions. They just heard some rumors that Elder Shengwei may be in Bai Falcon of Fanxiao Kingdom."
One of them encountered an unexpected situation.”
White Falcon Part 1?
Xu Zhiqiong had heard of the name of the White Falcon Division, and Ling Zhengze was a member of the White Falcon Division of the Fanxiao Kingdom.
Why did the second brother go to the White Falcon Division?
"Is the news reliable?"
Liang Yushen shook his head and said: "There is no evidence yet. I am waiting to discuss with Marquis Yun whether to inform the emperor of this matter?"
"The clan affairs should be decided by the Canglong Palace, and this matter should also be decided by the first palace lieutenant." Xu Zhiqiong did not give any suggestions.
Liang Yushen looked solemn: "I am a bit rigid in my behavior, and I have been disliked by the emperor recently. I should not cause any more worries to the emperor until the evidence is found."
Xu Zhiqiong did not respond and let him speak for himself.
After chatting for a while, Liang Yushen stood up to say goodbye, and Xu Zhiqiong walked to the door.
Back at the Marquis Mansion, Xu Zhiqiong speculated on Liang Yushen's intentions and at the same time judged the authenticity of the news.
Fanxiao Kingdom, White Falcon Tribe.
Li Shabai is also investigating this matter, so we should wait for news from him.
At dawn, Xu Zhiqiong came to the back garden and asked Mei Ling: "Senior, can you tell the identity of the visitor just now?"
Mei Ling shook her head and said: "He is not in the mortal world, and he can't tell what rank he has reached. You might as well ask the senior named Jiang. She has seen more people than me."
Jiang Mengyun walked out of the side room and said with a smile: "Miss Ling thinks highly of me too much. You can't even tell me how good I am. How can I have such good eyesight?"
Mei Ling shook her head and said: "In terms of eyesight, Ling is still not as good as Miss Jiang. Who in this world has never walked in front of Miss Jiang?"
"There are so many people leaving, and there are always those who cannot be remembered." Jiang Mengyun looked in the direction of Canglong Palace, "With his level of cultivation, he still comes to the mortal world to cause trouble, but he thinks that the hand of the God of Judgment is not cruel enough?"
Mei Ling put away her smile and said: "Although the man just now was said to be annoying, he has not caused any trouble so far, nor has he exceeded the rules. The God of Judgment is kind-hearted and is reasonable after all."
Jiang Mengyun sighed: "Just say that the God of Judgment was ruthless and angered Miss Ling. That's all. Don't mention him."
Xu Zhiqiong asked Jiang Mengyun: "How is the Queen Mother's condition?"
Jiang Mengyun said: "The breath is calmer, but she is still anxious to find his son. Now she can't move around easily, let alone go to the two realms. She still needs to stay in the world for a few days."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said: "After she recovers, her mother and son must be allowed to meet."
Jiang Mengyun thought for a moment and said: "It's easy to talk once we meet, and it's okay to meet a few more times, but she can't stay in the world for a long time."
Xu Zhiqiong agreed.
Jiang Mengyun said again: "I have to go back to the Evil Punishment Department, otherwise that old cow will come looking for me. Maybe he is not the only one."
Xu Zhiqiong entrusted Chai Qiuci to Mei Ling, and went to Qiancheng Punishing Evil Division with Jiang Mengyun.
When they arrived at the Punishment Department, Xu Zhiqiong ran straight to Xia Hu's room. Xia Hu had just woken up and was washing up. Xu Zhiqiong hugged her behind him.
Xia Hu broke free from Xu Zhiqiong's arms, covered Taozi first, jumped three feet away in one step, and shouted at Xu Zhiqiong: "What are you going to do?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I have something serious to tell you."
"Serious business, let me tell you face to face, don't come behind me!"
Xu Zhiqiong took out a picture with 6,400 needle positions recorded on it.
"I have to sew all 6,400 stitches. The stitches cannot cross."
Xia Hu asked in surprise: "Why do you want to learn this?"
"Don't worry about what we are doing, let's talk about hand stitches first." Xu Zhiqiong went to the cabinet to find needle and thread.
Xia Hu said: "The needle and thread are in the box, you can take it yourself."
Xu Zhiqiong was dissatisfied: "But you can't give it to me?"
Xia Hu shook his head repeatedly.
It was too dangerous to bend down and open the box in front of Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong took out his needle and thread and began to study acupuncture seriously. Except for eating one meal a day, all other energy was concentrated on the needle and thread.
After studying for three days in a row, Xu Zhiqiong became more and more interested. He not only learned the needlework, but also became obsessed with embroidery.
He Qingye had something important to report to Xia Hu, and he happened to meet Xu Zhiqiong doing embroidery. Seeing how focused Xu Zhiqiong was on each stitch, Qingye stuck out his tongue, finished talking, and left quickly.
Xia Hu glanced at Xu Zhiqiong and said angrily: "What's wrong with you? Unless you learn something from a woman's family, how can you still be manly?"
Xu Zhiqiong raised his head and said: "In the past two days, the man has been very elegant and can hardly hold himself back. Madam, do you want to see me?"
"That's not necessary. It would be great for a man to learn embroidery at home." Xia Hu covered her peach, moved to the door, and said to Xu Zhiqiong, "There is a group of bandits in Qinzhou who have done countless evil things. I will take people to arrest them."
They tidied it up."
Xu Zhiqiong put down the embroidery and said, "Have you learned the sixth-level skills?"
"Of course you can!" Xia Hu always said that he had learned the sixth-level skills. For a while, even Xu Zhiqiong even believed that Xia Hu had learned the sixth-level skills.
But now it's not that easy to deceive Daomen Xingjun.
Xia Hu's self-proclaimed sixth-grade skills are her innate skills that have been refined and improved, and are not at all a sixth-grade self-created technique.
Xu Zhiqiong suddenly frowned and said: "If you lie to an official, you will be punished by the family law. The two-petal peach will have to be beaten to pieces by the official. The door inside the peach will not be preserved. The official has to go in and out hundreds of times a day. How can you still do it?"
Dare you lie to me?"
Hearing this, Xia Hu lowered his head and said, "I haven't learned the sixth-level skills yet, so I don't dare to learn them."
"Why don't you dare?"
"Brother Qian said that you only have one chance to pass the level 6 skills. If you can't pass, you won't be able to be promoted in this life."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said: "Leave this group of bandits to Jiang Shengqun. You stay at home and I will help you learn the sixth-level skills."
Xia Hu said: "But the merits of those bandits are not bad..."
"What's the use of your meritorious deeds now?" Xu Zhiqiong had already seen that Xia Hu had already accumulated enough meritorious deeds to advance from six to five, but if she couldn't learn the sixth-grade skills, she would never be able to advance to the fifth-grade.
Xia Hu listened to Xu Zhiqiong's words and conscientiously learned the sixth-level skills at home.
Xu Zhiqiong prepared the money and was about to help Xia Hu adjust his mind when he suddenly saw Xia Hu holding his hand.
"You have to stay with me."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "Stay with me, just like you stayed with me every step of the way when I was making the pot."
Xia Hu was still uneasy, so she squeezed Xu Zhiqiong's hand tightly and said, "If you really feel bored, it's okay not to accompany me, but you can at least leave me a letter to let me know where you have been."
Xu Zhiqiong touched Xia Hu's face: "I'm not going anywhere."
Xia Hu warned again: "You are not allowed to steal peaches."
Xu Zhiqiong agreed: "We will talk about Taozi after you are promoted to the fifth rank."
It has the appearance of a bottomless abyss, meaning it goes along the Du channel, along the Ren channel, through the Chong channel, into the Dai channel, into the Yang channel, back to the Governor channel, and then into the Yin channel...
Following Xu Zhiqiong's guidance, Xia Hu fell into the abyss of consciousness.
Xia Hu opened her eyes and found herself squatting in a dark and narrow room, with mice crawling on the floor and flies on the walls.
Next to her lay a thin woman, coughing in the quilt.
In front of her is a basket filled with oranges.
Behind her was a stove, on which hot soup was burning. There was no meat or vegetables in the soup, only a few grains of rice floating in it.
Next to the stove, there was a pair of fierce eyes, which scared Xia Hu so much that he did not dare to look back.
…
As soon as Xia Hu fell into deep sleep, Xu Zhiqiong noticed that something was wrong.
The meridians throughout her body were tight, her Qi was wandering randomly, and she might wake up at any time.
Waking up so soon is like not passing the first level.
If you fail to pass the first level, your cultivation level will remain at the sixth level forever.
Xu Zhiqiong released the power of imagery and slowly penetrated into Xia Hu's meridians, trying to help her calm down.
When his thoughts came into contact, Xu Zhiqiong's body trembled and he felt a little scared.
What's happening?
Why am I afraid?
Is there a powerful enemy approaching?
Xu Zhiqiong sensed the situation around him and found that there were no strong enemies.
Where does that fear come from?
It comes from Xia Hu’s thoughts.
Did I sense Xia Hu's fear?
Is this still the case?
Xu Zhiqiong continued to inject the power of imagery, only to feel that the fear in his mind became stronger and stronger.
What exactly did Xia Hu see?
Why are you afraid of being like this?
Xu Zhiqiong poured the power of imagery into his eyes, hoping to see Xia Hu's emotional changes with the eyes of Ming Nian.
Xia Hu's body was purple and gray, cold and dark, and Xu Zhiqiong got goosebumps when he looked at it.
In the slowly surging purple-black, the thought of fear struck again with the power of imagery. Xu Zhiqiong saw some scattered pictures and heard intermittent sounds.
"Lost money! A prodigal! A loser! You can't even sell an orange, but you still dare to steal an orange!"
A man was kicking and beating a seven or eight-year-old girl.
The girl screamed miserably, and a sickly woman crawled to the girl's side and hugged her tightly: "Don't hit my daughter, don't hit..."
"You bitch, you are more miserable than she is, but my life is ruined by your hands!"
The man picked up a stick and beat the mother and daughter crazily.
Madam, is this man your father?
Don't be afraid, madam, the officials are here to save you!