Subversion of the plot [Comprehensive]

Chapter 228 Seeing Lu Xiaofeng Again 2

As soon as he left the cell, Lu Xiaofeng was taken away by Qian Da, the treasurer of Datong Bank.

Shopkeeper Qian Da first complained, and then he knelt down, making Lu Xiaofeng, who was always soft but not tough, feel sympathetic.In short, he was investigated by the author, and it is always more comfortable to investigate willingly.

He looked through the counterfeit banknotes collected in the bank, and found some clues from them——

The denominations of these counterfeit banknotes are very large, and ordinary people cannot afford the bank notes of a thousand taels of silver.Furthermore, these banknotes have the smell of alcohol and the smell of rouge, and this rouge comes from the Great Moon Kingdom in the Western Regions, and it costs hundreds of taels of silver per box, which is definitely a high-end luxury.

From this, it can be pieced together that these counterfeit banknotes appeared in a place where people can spend a lot of money. This place not only has fine wine, but also beautiful women.Combining these characteristics, Lu Xiaofeng immediately thought of casinos!

"Where is the biggest casino here?"

Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Qian Da shook his head: "Gambling has been banned locally, there are no gambling shops."

But Li Si on the side answered the question: "Are you talking about the Bliss Building? I heard that there are not only gambling games, but also delicious wine and beauties in the Bliss Building. People from the world and wealthy businessmen love to go there."

"Where is the Bliss Building?" Lu Xiaofeng asked again.

Li Si shook his head: "I don't know, I have never been there. I heard people say that the Bliss Tower is mysterious and can fly! It only appears at night and disappears during the day. No one knows where the Bliss Tower is."

Lu Xiaofeng became more and more interested, he himself likes to decipher, the more mysterious and unknown things, the more his curiosity is aroused.

Others don't know the Bliss Building, but one person definitely knows!

That is the number one thief in the world - Sikong Zhaixing!

Of course, Lu Xiaofeng called him Monkey Spirit!

It's not difficult to find the monkey spirit, today is the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the market must be full of people and bustling at night, this is exactly the place that the monkey spirit likes.

It was just getting dark, and the lights in the whole city were lit up. From a distance, there was a sea of ​​stars, shining brightly against the bright moon in the sky.

There are many small stalls of various colors in the square market, the sound of shouting, playing, firecrackers and fireworks... together they converge into the prosperity of the Mid-Autumn Festival night.During the rare Mid-Autumn Festival, many people in the city mobilized together or whole families to enjoy the lanterns. There was a man in ordinary clothes and a flexible figure walking in the crowd. His eyes were not on the lanterns, but on the precious objects on the passers-by. .

This person is Sikong Zhaixing who is known as the world's most godly thief, and he is also the person Lu Xiaofeng is looking for.

On the second floor of a restaurant on the street, Tao Shuobai was admiring the lights of the city.

He is still dressed in white, but it is obviously different from before.

The material of this dress is the tencel snow brocade newly tributed from the Shu area this year, covered with snow gauze clothes, the whole body looks plain and clean, but also faintly glows with golden light.On this seemingly simple robe, gold thread outlines inexplicable patterns, especially the gold belt around the waist is the most eye-catching, and the intricate and exquisite embroidery is used to the extreme.

A green lotus crown is tied on top of his head, white boots with golden threads are under his feet, and a warm jasper pendant is adorned around his waist.

This kind of Tao Shuobai is still cold and out of the dust, but there is more mystery and nobility, one can't help but hold his breath to stare, respectfully serve, and never dare to profane.

He reached out his hand to wipe the table, and two white porcelain jade cups, a long-necked bottle, and a small celadon cup with a palm-sized lid appeared out of thin air.He lifted the lid of the cup, and a unique fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus came out.I added sweet-scented osmanthus to the cups with a small porcelain spoon, and then picked up the long-necked bottle and dumped it. The bottle contains the best spiritual spring water, which is the best for making tea.

Water is good water, and sweet-scented osmanthus is not a vulgar thing, but the moon palace sweet-scented osmanthus gifted by the Jade Rabbit back then.

Pick up the cup and taste the first product, the mouth is full of sweetness, the lips and teeth are fragrant, the limbs are soaked in warm water, and you are happy from the inside out.

"You don't want to have a cup?" Tao Shuobai stretched out his fingers and pushed another cup of tea.

The man's attention was not on the tea, but on Tao Shuobai's hand.

Tao Shuobai's hands were slender and powerful, and on her ring finger was a black jade ring, which complemented each other in black and white, making her fingers look more lustrous and white, making her mouth-watering.

Jun Si came out from behind him, relatively speaking, his attire was very low-key.

Simple black brocade clothes, popular style, hair tied with a headband of the same color, holding a long sword in his hand, and with a silent and cold face, he always walks behind Tao Shuobai, no matter who looks at it We all know he is a bodyguard.

Jun Si's current identity is indeed a guard, Tao Shuobai's guard!

A guard's job is to protect the master, and he himself is not suitable to be too conspicuous.Jun Si was born different, his appearance was too outstanding, just dressed in such a popular manner, there was a kind of evil and coldness, which made people frightened at a glance, but couldn't help but look at it again and again, like a black poppy.

Fortunately, he can restrain his breath at work and hide himself from the public.

When he hides his breath, he disappears from the perception of others.He has become a member of thousands of people, like a drop of water in the ocean, inconspicuous but real.

They made an agreement first, in this world they have to listen to Tao Shuobai, after all they are willing to bet and admit defeat.

Jun Si sat down, sniffing the fragrance of tea, his eyes jumped over the window, and fell on a person walking on the street.

A gentle and jade-like young man in white!

That familiar appearance, familiar behavior, and blindness that outsiders cannot detect.

——The building is full of flowers!The Seven Children of the Flower Family!

Hua ManLou walked in the bustling and crowded market, like strolling in a courtyard, if he didn't know his background, who would believe that he was blind?The girls passing by all looked at him shyly and timidly, and gave him a secret glance, but it was a pity that Hua Manlou just smiled gently and walked slowly.

There was another person staring at Huamanlou as well, but that person was not coveting Huamanlou's appearance and temperament, but the jade pendant hanging from the folding fan in his hand.

One passed by, and the jade pendant was easy to get!

"It really is a good piece of jade, a good thing, a good thing!" Sikong Zaixing was very happy, and was playing with it when someone suddenly snatched the jade pendant.

That person came and went with a gust of wind, and his Qinggong speed was extremely fast.

Sikong Zhaixing can be called the best thief in the world, one is good at "skills" and the other is good at lightness kung fu, otherwise he would have been caught long ago.There are only two people in the world who are faster than him in Qinggong, one is Ximen Chuuxue and the other is Lu Xiaofeng, Ximen Chuuxue only goes out four times a year, and he will definitely not have leisure time to tease him, so...

"Lu Xiaofeng! Come out! I know it's you!" Sikong Zaixing was furious, every time he met Lu Xiaofeng, nothing good would happen.

In a flash, Lu Xiaofeng appeared.

The two made jokes, and Lu Xiaofeng got to the point: "Monkey, do you know where the Bliss Tower is?"

When Sikong Zhaixing heard this, he turned his head and left.

"Where are you going?" Lu Xiaofeng hurriedly stopped her.

Sikong Zhaixing said with disgust on his face: "The Bliss Building is a good place, where you can gamble and drink. Many people like to go there. If you go to play, then it's fine, but if you're investigating a case, then you can't. Once you go, That place must be ruined, and there will be no play in the future."

Lu Xiaofeng sighed, tugged his sleeves, and exposed his arms: "I got three days of Xin San, and if I can't solve the case within three days, I will die from the poison."

Sikong Zhaixing saw a clear red line on his arm, his eyes widened in surprise, worried and helpless: "Lu Xiaoji, why have you caused yourself such trouble again. Okay, let's go Bar!"

This time I can't help but, who made them brothers who grew up naked together, if Lu Xiaofeng dies, who will bet with him to dig earthworms in the future?

This side has officially investigated the case, and Hua Manlou on the other side is about to leave Fangshi.

As a person who has perfected the kung fu of listening and distinguishing positions, no matter how powerful Sikong Zhaixing's ability is, he can't deceive his perception, so he knows that the jade pendant was stolen, and even knows who stole it, but It was intentionally left open.

Although he didn't have much trust in Lu Xiaofeng's investigation, he had already entrusted him with the necessary background investigation.

It was because of the investigation of Lu Xiaofeng that he knew that Lu Xiaofeng had a very good friend, Sikong Zhaixing. As a thief, it was necessary to be well informed, so Lu Xiaofeng probably asked this person for help.

Huamanlou is the young owner of Datong Bank. He heard about the Bliss Tower from the treasurer Qian Da, so he used some tricks to easily find out how to get to the Bliss Tower.After all, the Hua family is a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. As the seventh son of the Hua family, of course he has the arrogance to spend a lot of money. This is the guest welcomed by the Bliss Building.

At this time, Hua Manlou stopped in his footsteps and stood outside the door of a restaurant.

He smelled a special fragrance, it was sweet-scented osmanthus!Because it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, and this smell can be smelled in many places in the city. Tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival again, and there are many snacks made with sweet-scented osmanthus, but this fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus is different.

The so-called "position identification by hearing sound" is mainly to practice two places, the nose and the ears.

Huamanlou's ears are sensitive, as is his nose. He can distinguish many smells, even if they are very similar, he can smell the difference.Therefore, he was sure that he had never smelled this sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance before. It was just a trace of fragrance, and when he smelled it in his nose, he felt that the pores all over his body suddenly opened up, and he felt extremely refreshed and intoxicated.

Huamanlou is a person who loves and cherishes flowers. If he smells such a special fragrance in normal times, he will definitely check it out.It's just that it's not a good time right now, the case of Datong Bank is related to Hua's family, and the investigation of the Bliss Building tonight is very important, but he finally entered the restaurant.

He could clearly feel Youdao's gaze falling from the second floor. The gaze was peaceful and harmless, but ordinary people would not stare at a person so closely.

Standing in front of the private room, the door opened before knocking.

"Please come in." The owner's voice inside was like a cold spring, but he didn't feel cold, only calm.

Hua Manlou was surprised by the depth of the other party's breath, if the other party hadn't opened his mouth on his own initiative, he would not have noticed that there was someone in the room.

Huamanlou didn't dare to take it lightly. After entering the door, he performed all the courtesy first, and then cut straight to the point: "I'm going down to Huamanlou, what do you call your Excellency?"

Tao Shuobai took out a gold medal embellished with jade beads and gold tassels, and threw it over.

Hua Manlou heard something coming, because the force was not strong, and there was no malice, so he didn't dodge, and stretched out his hand to catch it.

Hua Manlou touched it, weighed it again, and said suspiciously: Made of gold?

Touching the lines and writing on the gold medal again, his face changed suddenly: "If I come in person?! Are you..."

How powerful is the gold medal bestowed by the emperor like me in person?Where can idlers get it?Could it be the imperial envoy investigating the case?

The imperial court attaches great importance to the case of Datong Bank, and wants to send imperial envoys here. Huamanlou knows these things, but he doesn't know that the imperial envoys have already arrived!

"I'm Tao Shuobai, playboy, please sit down."

"Tao...you are the national teacher?!" Hua Manlou was even more surprised this time.

It is said that when the emperor sacrificed to heaven last year, a god-man descended from the sky and saved the emperor's life from the assassins. The emperor thought it was the will of the heavens, and immediately appointed this person as the national teacher.The emperor respected the national teacher very much, and repeatedly persuaded the national teacher to live in the palace. For this purpose, he specially built a "Tongtian Terrace", which was located in the west garden of the imperial palace. Except for the servants and concubines, they were forbidden to disturb the peace of the national teacher.

Regarding the emperor's move, there were a lot of discussions inside and outside the government and the public, and most people believed that the national teacher was bewitching the emperor with his lies.

It is not that Tao Shuobai wants to be the position of "National Teacher", but if he refuses, the emperor will kneel on the ground and cry bitterly, saying that God has abandoned him again, and the ancestors will not forgive him. Apologize with death and so on.

It was the first time he met such a "wonderful" emperor, because the other party might be too frightened because he was unfamiliar with the place, and he also thought that the national teacher was a cover, so he agreed.

Alas, speaking of it, the little emperor is not easy.

A mistress brought new tea, Tao Shuobai sprinkled some sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in it, and pushed it to Huamanlou.

Although this tea is not as good as the one brewed from the spiritual spring water before, it is still a rare good tea. Besides, the spiritual energy of the spiritual spring water is too strong to be suitable for ordinary people to drink. pulse.

Huamanlou smells a cup of ordinary Biluochun, because a few sweet-scented osmanthus flowers are added, the fragrance is instantly fragrant and the tea fragrance is intoxicating.Sipping a sip of tea soup, it seems that there is a sense of coolness flowing along the veins in the body, and the feeling of stretching the pores comes back again. With every breath, it seems to experience the beauty of nature, not only perception, but also real I feel much lighter in my body.

With such a miraculous thing, Hua Manlou couldn't hide his astonishment: "This tea..."

"It's a very old osmanthus tree. The osmanthus it blooms is very good. It's good for making tea and making snacks. I know that the dude loves flowers and knows how to taste tea. I give this to you as a gift." Tao Shuobai Pass over a small palm-sized jar, which contains a jar of dried sweet-scented osmanthus.

Huamanlou was very surprised by this kindness. Although he liked the tea, he didn't get paid for it.

"Thank you, the national teacher, this thing is precious, and Hua is ashamed to accept it."

"You and I are destined." Tao Shuobai appreciates Huamanlou, but in this world, he doesn't intend to accept the other party as his disciple.

The last meeting was just in time. In fact, Huamanlou does not need a master. He has his family as his backing, Lu Xiaofeng as his friend, his small building, and he may even meet someone he likes or spends his whole life with. .

But as the fate between the two of them, Tao Shuobai will give him a gift, just waiting for the right time.

"This time the emperor appointed me as the imperial envoy to investigate the case of Datong Bank's counterfeit banknotes. I already know what happened in the case, and I also know that you entrusted Lu Xiaofeng. I will not interfere in the investigation of the case. Wait for your good news." Tao After finishing his business in a few words, Shuobai got up and left.

At this time, Hua Manlou was terrified, because he suddenly heard the footsteps of another person walking out.

It turns out that there are not only him and Tao Shuobai in this private room, there is also a third person, that person can not show the slightest breath, how terrifying is his martial arts?The other party is fully capable of leaving quietly, and the reason for showing his whereabouts is probably on purpose.

Although Hua Manlou didn't understand the intention of the mysterious national teacher, but felt that the other party's attitude was kind, and he was never aggressive about the case, so he felt a little relaxed.

Although a little late, Hua Manlou still rushed to the Bliss Tower.

The Bliss Building is hidden very secretly. To go to the Bliss Building, you need to go to a deserted grave in the woods.One of these grave mounds is a fake one, with the weeds pulled apart, there is a coffin hidden inside. As long as a person lies in it, lights a firework and sticks it outside, people from the Bliss Building in the dark will respond when they see the signal.

As soon as Hua Manlou lay down, four strong and dark Kunlun slaves soon appeared, lifting the coffin and blowing the wind under their feet.

When the lid of the coffin was opened, Huamanlou had arrived at the Bliss Tower.

"Guests are welcome to come and make a fortune by opening the coffin." There were people at the entrance to receive them. These people were all wearing masks, and they also held up a plate full of masks for Huamanlou to choose.

Such a considerate design, no wonder it attracts customers to linger.

Huamanlou put on his mask and followed the guide to enter. All kinds of hustle and bustle rushed towards his face. The smell of alcohol and rouge mixed in the warm atmosphere, which was exactly the same as the smell left on the counterfeit banknotes.Distinguish carefully, Huamanlou heard the voices of Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zaixing, he didn't come close, but let's see how Lu Xiaofeng will investigate.

Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zhaixing walked around the casino, and finally went to bet on the turtle race.

It's a pity that there was a joke when betting, even though Lu Xiaofeng was holding a stack of banknotes, but the rules of the Bliss Building do not accept cashiers, only gold, silver and jewelry can be used.Lu Xiaofeng didn't know, but when he saw that there was no one betting on a turtle, he thought he could take a gamble, and took out 20 taels of silver to pat it there, but it made other gamblers laugh.

The manager of the casino smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, my guest, our bets in the Bliss Building are at least 1000 taels."

Even Sikong Zhaxing was ashamed of Lu Xiaofeng.

"How much do you think this pendant is worth?" Sikong Zhaoxing took out the jade pendant he had stolen earlier.

The manager stared at it, and said, "This is a rare bergamot jadeite, with a market price of at least 1 taels."

Lu Xiaofeng hurriedly stopped Sikong Zhaixing: "Hey, monkey spirit, didn't you say you want to return it?"

Sikong Zhaixing didn't know, but Lu Xiaofeng knew who the owner of this pendant was.

Sikong Zhaixing looked at him coolly: "Then you don't gamble anymore?"

At this time, Hua Manlou came over: "Let's say it's 5000 taels, I'll ask this young master to help me gamble."

The appearance of Huamanlou solved Lu Xiaofeng's problem, this time it was not using dirt, but entrusted by the owner of the fan pendant.

The tortoise races on the second floor were all from Jianghu, each of them cheated on their internal strength, but they were all defeated by Lu Xiaofeng.

Hua Manlou only took back the fan pendant, and didn't pay much attention to other money: "If you lose, it's mine, if you win, it's yours."

Lu Xiaofeng sighed again about the wealth of the Hua family, and happily accepted the hospitality with Sikong Zaixing.

Next, Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou were led to the third floor, and Sikong Zaixing shouldered the heavy responsibility to investigate the blissful landlord.

The layout on the third floor is quite different, burning with precious ambergris, and the person in charge of the game is a beautiful woman named Wuyan.

Lu Xiaofeng's eyes lit up when he saw Wuyan.

Wuyan was accustomed to Lu Xiaofeng's expression, but it was Huamanlou who was indifferent to her that surprised her.

If the target was Lu Xiaofeng, it would be easy, but unfortunately the order she received was to deal with Huamanlou.