Jiaochu

Two days later, Micah asked a servant to deliver a message to the Duke's mansion.

In the evening, Shen Ning came to Zixue Pavilion as promised.

As soon as he entered the building, the servant came over to guide Shen Ning.

This time, the two met in a wing on the second floor.

The servant named Yue Slave was guarding the door. He was tall, dark-skinned, and looked very loyal and reliable.

Wisps of incense floated out of the incense burner, curling around the room like clouds.

After asking Shen Ning to sit down, Mika opened the wooden box in front of him, took out another box from inside and put it on the table.The box is inlaid with various gemstones. Although it is not as big as a pigeon egg, the color is transparent and dazzling. You can tell at a glance that it is of high quality. The carved patterns on it are also exquisite and extraordinary, making people wonder what is inside. A rare treasure...

"This is the strange treasure you were talking about." Shen Ning looked at the gem box and shook the folding fan gracefully.

Mika made a gesture of invitation, "The treasure is in the box." Shen Ning saw that there was no lock on it, and the whole box was one piece without even a gap. He put away his fan coolly and tapped the box with it. As if he was judging whether the inside was solid, he opened the folding fan and said, "There must be some mystery in this box." Mika said, "My lord, I think this box does have some mystery. It's a pity that I haven't been able to understand it. I often hear that It is said that there are talented people and strangers in the Central Plains who have the ability to know astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom, and the young master has a distinguished status. I wonder if you can recommend one or two to me."

Shen Ning shook her fan a few times and said, "Why don't you leave this box with me first, and I'll send people to find capable people. It shouldn't take long."

"I will be going back in a few days." Mika rolled his eyes, not knowing what he had in mind, "Since the young master is willing to help, I would be very grateful. I will leave this box to the young master."

"Don't worry, I won't take away anyone's love. The things in this box are still yours." Shen Ning said gracefully.

The next moment, he felt a little dizzy. He held his breath and fell onto the table. He fell to the ground with his handsome face. The whole process was so smooth that he didn't even have time to express surprise and anger. The shock in my heart...

Seeing that the person fell to the ground, Mijia went over and kicked him two more times, one on Shen Ning's waist and one on Shen Ning's legs. Seeing that the person didn't react at all, he didn't turn the person over to check carefully. , seems to be quite confident in the efficacy of the incense.

He had added incense to the incense burner in advance. He took the antidote himself first, and then lit the incense burner before Shen Ning came in.While the two were talking, the incense from the incense burner floated out along with the incense.Shen Ning was originally wary that the other party would tamper with the tea and directly put a bag of colorless and odorless poison to kill him. After realizing that he was incense-obsessed, he immediately pretended to be faint and held his breath to avoid inhaling more aroma, and then turned his face downward to reduce the amount of fragrance. The area of ​​contact with the fragrance, but the other party gave him a few more touches. He had already thought of the interrogation method in his mind, but the other party fumbled around his waist for a while and took the piece of Pisces away.

After getting the Pisces pendant, Mika admired it with admiring eyes for a few seconds, then walked over to open the door, whispered a few instructions, and then left, not taking away the gem box and the wooden box on the table. .

After hearing the door close, Shen Ning waited for a while, then covered her mouth and nose and stood up, picked up a cup of tea on the table, walked over with a little wobble and put out the incense burner, thinking that the incense was really powerful. If he inhaled more, he would probably be really dizzy.He went over and quietly pushed the window open a crack. When he heard the sound of pushing the door, he didn't have time to return to his original position and immediately lay down on the ground and pretended to be fainted.

Yue Nu didn't come in. She stood at the door and took a look. When she saw someone lying on the ground, she closed the door again.

After hearing the sound of the door closing, Shen Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

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On the other side, another servant brought the jade pendant and message to the general's mansion.

When the jade pendant and the message were brought to General Yan by the servant, he immediately sent someone to find Yan Jiang.Grandfather and grandson were discussing the art of war together, so Yan Fei also heard the message. The other party asked his third uncle to meet at Sanlipo outside the city. He knew that his third uncle had been prepared for it, but something unexpected happened to him. The other party's goal It will be his third uncle.

The boy who was looking for someone went to Yanjiang's residence.Yanfei returned to his residence and went inside first to write a note. After he came out, he stood in the yard and whistled. A snow-white figure flew over from behind the roof, with a tuft of red hair on its small head.

It's a red pigeon.

The red pigeon landed directly on Yanfei's shoulder. Yanfei stretched out his hand, and it jumped into his hand. He put the note in a small bamboo tube tied to his claw.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, Dan Ge sent the note to Yan Jiang's head and pecked it twice, as if to remind him that the letter had arrived.

When Yanjiang gave the little pigeon to Yanfei, he really didn't expect that "it would be him who would cause trouble"...

After reading the note, Yanjiang thought for a few seconds and asked the two Long Shadow guards dressed as followers to stay in the room. He left directly through the window.

Within an hour after Micah left, the Yue slaves guarding the door did not leave even half a step.After an hour, Yue Nu left.

A dragon shadow guard came out of the next room and headed for the stairs. He quickly observed the people around him with a pair of keen eyes. After going downstairs, he asked the waiter for another bottle of wine, and then returned upstairs with the bottle of wine.

Another Long Shadow guard who stayed in the room knocked on the wall twice. After a while, the wall on the other side also knocked twice.

The effect of the incense had worn off. Shen Ning studied the gem box in the wooden box, reached out and pressed a few random touches on the box, and then observed the patterns on the box.

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On the other side, Yanjiang went to Sanlipo outside the city for an appointment.

There was an unusual smell in the cool night breeze. The nearby woods were very quiet, not even the sound of birds.

Just as Yanjiang reached the bottom of the slope, a cold light flashed on the slope.

A cold arrow was shot, followed by dozens of cold arrows, shooting from all directions. The killing intent was decisive and swift, with no intention of letting anyone go back alive.

There was only a sonorous collision sound. Cold arrows collided with iron chains and fell to the ground one after another. Dozens of Long Shadow Guards held iron chains and struck quickly towards the slope and the surrounding woods. Immediately, dozens of men in black rushed out with sharp blades, leading the way. The man directly attacked Yanjiang, with the sharp blade hidden in his palm. A cold light flashed across, and the sleeve on Yanjiang's arm was cut open.The other party's skills meant that Yan Jiang could not be careless, but he still found every opportunity to chat with them.

"Brother is good at martial arts, what do you call him?"

Cha——, sparks flew up, sharp blades and daggers crossed each other, and the opponent's eyes hidden behind the mask showed clear murderous intent, cold-blooded, and he did not seem to be a chatty person.

"How come I have offended my brother, and he insists on putting me to death?"

"..."

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