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"Later... Crown Prince said, "Gongzi Bai Li has done a great job in protecting the emperor, greatly rewarding you." And then I gave him a lot of gold, silver, and good silk, and even gave him the title of 'Glory'. "

"Light emissary? What kind of strange official position is this? "

"Reporting to the Gongzi, I heard that it's the full moon every month. They're praying for the Moon God's position in the night. His position is pretty high."

When the fair skinned man in the hot spring heard this, he laughed out loud. "This Xue Yin Shu is simply too unkind."

The things that happened in the Imperial Palace the night before had already been spread all over the Beecher Lodge that was located in the southeast corner of Qiu Ye Jing. The Bi Mansion was built relying on the mountains and took up a large amount of land. There were hot springs as well, and even in a city like the Lanzhou that was covered in snow for half a year, it was still as warm as spring. The man in the hot spring slowly stood up and walked out of the pool. When the water droplets had dried, Wen Jiu, who was at the side, quickly put on a robe for him.

The man's long, dark red hair was draped over his shoulders, and his long, loose, and unrestrained robe was casually folded. What was revealed outside of his deep brows and eyes was a sloppy expression, giving him a lazy air. He took a few casual steps, revealing pale skin below his calves beneath his silk robe. If you looked closely, you could see that there were extremely faint cyan patterns on the skin. They meandered all the way to the toes, as if they were shallow ink paintings or as if they were slightly transparent blood vessels.

They were traces of scales that had not yet been shed.

Bi Wen Xuan was a merman when he was young — but that was only the past. Today, apart from the faint marks on his legs, his appearance was no different from a human.

He could walk on both legs, and even if he was exposed to the air for a long period of time, he wouldn't die. He could no longer produce a high-pitched voice like a whale's song, and he couldn't even live underwater … The vast ocean had abandoned him, preventing him from saying that he was a merman.

However, even a person like him, who was "out of the ordinary", still had the Gongzi's name and illustrious identity, because he was the cousin of the Palace Chief of the Coastal Sea. This had to be a great mockery.

There was an ancient Beecher, respected by the medusae of the Seven Seas. It was established by the Biguo, and received the acknowledgement of all the races in the Jiuzhou. Sixteen years ago, the two Beecher brothers went against each other because of the fight for the throne. To Bi Wen Xuan, the process of his father's death was already a blur. All he could remember was his mother hurrying over to pick him up in her arms and say, "Xuan'er, your tail will split apart, your toes' membrane will disappear, and you will never be able to return to the sea. This is a very painful process, but only in this way will you not die.

Anxious and frightened, he sobbed through his tears, "Mother, I don't want to die."

His mother was a brilliant Arcanist. Together with the other two, she used several profound secret techniques, causing him to almost completely lose his characteristics as a medusae — a merman who could no longer live in the sea, would never be able to covet the position of medusae's State Lord. So his uncle gave him a way out.

He was sent to Qiu Ye Jing, where he was taken care of by the Queen of Feather. A few years later, his uncle passed away. The new master of the Biguo, Bi Wen Heng, sent someone to bring him a Pearl Engraved Crown and bestowed him the title of Hidden Blade Gongzi.

Bi Wen Xuan had always thought that this matter was extremely laughable. A merman who had been expelled from the ocean would never have the chance to return to his homeland again, yet he had such an identity.

Of course he understood Bi Wen Heng's meaning. The beam holder was also the bridge. There were more and more merman in the interior of the continent, and there were also many living in the inner seas. The control of the Biguo over the land affairs was extremely urgent. He was naturally the most suitable person to do this.

After he became an elder, he started to manage Qiu Ye Jing's businesses, and slowly expanded throughout the entire Lanzhou and even the Central Region, becoming an important, unofficial hub for the medusae on land. Biguo did give a lot of help during this period. He had been under the protection of the Feather Queen and had been friends with since childhood. Everything had gone smoothly.

"Aiya, now that Xue Yin Shu has come, I owe him a large favor. Wen Jiu, "He sat on a stone bench by the side of the pool, and said with a bit of distress," This way, bring the fifty year old jar of apricot nectar to the palace.

"Ah?" Is there any favor in this matter? " Wen Jiu was confused.

"He secretly set up a trap to protect the life of the merman.

"But the woman who tried to assassinate you is already dead!" Wen Jiu questioned, "She died in front of the Crown Prince on the spot."

"Of course she can't not die. But her kin? " Bi Wen Xuan shot a glance at Wen Jiu, and continued, "She tried to assassinate him, and if there was a problem, the nine clans would not be able to escape death. Furthermore, she seemed to be extremely tied up with the Xia Yang Dragon Slave. The Dragon Slave and Bai Li had a death contract with them, if they wanted to investigate between them, even if it was death or living, the Biguo would not be able to interfere. How could the Bai Li Family let go of such a good thing? In order to prove that they have nothing to do with this, they must have set off a bloody war in the tear-filled platform, or killed a few Dragon Slaves to prove their innocence. "

"So, so the Crown Prince, he …"

"The reason he had Bai Li Sheng brandish his sword, was to see if Bai Li had instigated this or not. If Bai Li Sheng was aware of this, he would never touch a weapon during a banquet, in case he was involved. But actually, Bai Li had no reason to kill him. After confirming this point, what he has to do is to put the credit of the knife wielding assassin onto Bai Li Sheng. "

"Gongzi said, that woman, was it Bai Li Sheng who killed her?"

Bi Wen Xuan laughed, and played with the tea cups on the table: "When Bai Li Sheng just entered the capital, didn't we meet him? Did he look like someone who could stand up and kill the assassin? Furthermore, according to you, at that time the assassin was already restrained, and there were so many Feather guards around, she was no threat to the Crown Prince at all. If Bai Li Sheng suddenly killed her, what would you think of? "

"This... "Kill him to silence him?" Wen Jiu's eyes lit up, "If Gongzi looked like he wanted to kill them, then the Bai Li family would not be able to stay out of this matter."

"No, they can only stay out of it." Bi Wen Xuan looked at the tree that was about to wither and a myriad of thoughts filled his mind, "As long as Bai Li is not a fool, he will know what kind of suspicion he is under. However, they were unable to prove it, much less prove it. They could plead for Yi Chao to investigate thoroughly, but could no longer lead the investigation and handling of the Dragon Slaves, otherwise they would sink deeper and deeper into this muddy water. "

"Understood." Wen Jiu said happily, "It was Crown Prince's foresight that caused the Xia Yang Dragon Slave's life and death crisis to become invisible. "It's not a loss to give us the apricot nectar."

A foresight... Is it? Bi Wen Xuan stood up. No one knew better than him that only when one's mastery was far from sufficient would one have to expend a great deal of effort to deal with certain matters. To actually use such a skill to deal with a wealthy family on the coast, it must be said that this was quite a tragedy.

Although Yi Chao had already been established as a nation for twenty-seven years, with each of the large counties and cities officially owned by the Empire, in reality, they were each in charge of their own country, and the true authority of the Feather was limited to the Ning and Lan Prefectures. Even the various cities of Ninglan were more or less scheming on their own. Although the Empire of the Feather looked radiant, its interior was empty. Everything that man wanted to do was difficult to accomplish.

Not only were there many constraints in implementing the military and government, even his finances were stretched to their limits. Furthermore, there were also many inexplicable natural disasters that occurred in various places … He had no choice but to tempt Bai Li, this kind of family that didn't care about money.

It was just that if the Dragon Lady hated the pearl production, her target should be Bai Li. She followed beside Bai Li Sheng, and came all the way to Qiu Ye Jing to assassinate a Crown Prince who did not reveal any special feelings for the Dragon Pearl … Either she was too stupid, or someone was too smart.

Bi Wen Xuan raised his head and looked at the sky. The gray clouds were pressing down on the sky, which meant that the rain was falling at this time.

A servant ran out and shouted anxiously, "Gongzi, Gongzi, you should quickly go and have a look …"

"What's wrong?"

"The girl climbed up the tree again and refused to come down."

The word "again" made the corner of Bi Wen Xuan's mouth twitch. He hurried to the front yard and saw a girl sitting on the branch of a locust tree. Under the rising wind and rain, she was as light as a shadow that would fly away if the wind blew.

Bi Wen Xuan was very worried. Charm is ethereal, is unpredictable, always let people feel when will suddenly lose. And this girl was so important to him.

He hurriedly walked to the tree and stood still before changing into a smiling face and said: "A Zhi, get down here. It's going to rain soon, let's go back to the house. "

"Birds are showered by the rain." When the young lady saw Bi Wen Xuan, she looked like she had someone to rely on, and her anger grew even stronger. Only now did Bi Wen Xuan realise that she was still holding onto an umbrella, and beneath the umbrella was a bird's nest.

A few days ago, she found a nest of young birds. For some reason, the bird never returned. She refused to move the chicks out of their homes and fed them every day. But as time passed, although the young birds were still alive, they were all listless.

"A Zhi is the most obedient. But even if A Zhi was up there, he couldn't cover the birds from the rain, could he? Only umbrellas can protect birds from the rain. "

The young girl bit her lips, seemingly thinking if he was right. Bi Wen Xuan talked for a long time before finally coaxing her to leave the umbrella at the top of the tree and jump down. He took her hand, but she broke away, bouncing happily in the falling rain.

When a charm was in the process of condensing, it would inevitably cause some problems, whether physical or mental. A Zhi was exactly like this. After so many years, although she still looked like a fifteen or sixteen year old girl, her mentality had yet to grow at all. Bi Wen Xuan often thought that it might not be bad if she could continue to live an innocent life like this.

The night was windy.

The night wind blew against the trees and stirred the lights in the courtyard. The flames and shadows swayed restlessly. The patrolling night in the Bi Mansion was still quiet. Aside from the faint sound of the wind coming from the hall, there were no other sounds coming from the courtyard. This spacious manor was just like its owner. It was like a warm current of water that was always concealed underneath the tranquility.

The young girl was sleeping peacefully in her room, breathing steadily.

Perhaps the wind was too strong, but the window that was clearly shut suddenly opened up a crack. A cool breeze blew in, even lifting a corner of the window curtain to float leisurely. The shadows of the trees outside the window cast a shadow over the walls of the house, like a painting in ink. As for the painting, it danced in the wind, as if it was being controlled from the shadows.

The girl suddenly opened her eyes.

She heard someone call out softly, "What?" Suddenly, a layer of mist covered her eyes. The confusion he felt when awakening from the dream did not fade. Instead, it only increased.

Who is it? Who is shouting? Who is she? Who am I? The young girl's heart was filled with confusion, but the confusion turned into chaos, making her unable to say what she wanted to say. She was getting a little anxious. Her eyes opened wide as if tears were about to flow out from them.

A hand rested on her forehead, soft and cold. A woman's voice whispered in his ear, "Good child, don't cry. "Sleep, sleep well …"

The voice sounded familiar to her. But he couldn't remember anything. The melodious voice seemed to be talking to itself: "Yes, you are not my husband, you are already dead. "As expected, she still died."

A breeze left her. She rolled off the bed and stood in the middle of the room. There was no one in front of her, only the rustling of the curtain. Her heart was at a loss, but she had no way to explain it. Her mind was a blur, making her unable to recall the past or distinguish the present.

The door was pushed open.

The windows were wide open, and the moonlight and shadows of the trees intertwined on the ground. A Zhi stood in the middle of the room barefooted, looking straight out the window at the empty space. However, there was unease, joy, and even a hint of fear mixed in his expression. This was the scene that Bi Wen Xuan saw when he pushed open the door.

Not only did A Zhi sense that person, he also woke up from his sleep due to that light and strong aura. For a moment, he thought of the most painful moment of his life — in the scorching and viscous liquid, his skin was tearing, his bones were reconstructing, and his draconic tail was no longer intact …

He quickly broke free from the pain and came to his senses. She immediately donned her clothes and came to A Zhi's side. Seeing her act this way, she was finally able to confirm that this woman had actually returned to Qiu Ye Jing's side.

He gently carried A Zhi back to the bed. When he saw that her eyes were still misty, he knew that she had not woken up yet. Charming spirit energy had always been powerful, such as this child. However, her mind was weak. Once she met someone who understood spirit control, the impact would be even greater. She must still be in her visitor's dreams, remembering nothing.

Bi Wen Xuan sighed, and tucked A Zhi in. He patted her shoulders lightly to coax her to sleep, and as expected, the girl closed her eyes again and fell asleep. After settling her down, Bi Wen Xuan sighed. Her face was slightly pale and her lips carried the usual light smile. This junior did not go far enough to welcome the late night visit, which was truly rude. If you don't blame me, please come out for a cup of tea. "

He waited for a while, but no response came from inside or outside the house. Just as he was about to give up, he heard a soft sigh and the sound of the wind. It was as cold as ice and snow. Bi Wen Xuan's brows furrowed slightly as he stared outside the window, feeling a little nervous. However, after a long time, there was no movement. It was certain that the visitor had truly left.

Bi Wen Xuan turned around to look at A Zhi and Wen Jiu appeared in a flash. He lowered his head and said, "Gongzi, I lost it too. Should we send out more people to search? "

Bi Mansion could not be considered to be a heavily guarded place, but it was not a place where ordinary people could casually come and go as they pleased. However, things happened too suddenly, so it was normal for the people in his hands to not be able to keep up with that succubus woman. Bi Wen Xuan shook his head: "No need. However, send a message to the palace, let Your Highness know. "

"So this, is the person that Your Highness had instructed Gongzi to look for?" Wen Jiu was surprised, and blurted out a question.

"Who knows? The Luna Sightseeing Pavilion is deliberately mystifying us, so we can only look for this person and see how many things he can figure out. " Bi Wen Xuan held A Zhi's hand, as if he had thought of something, "Right, could it be that the death row that arrived in the capital earlier was related to the Luna Sightseeing Pavilion as well?"

"Yes, he is a criminal being escorted from Dragonbinder City."

Yue Xiao Zhe who pretended to be a servant, an old friend who had suddenly returned after ten years, and the important case that was reported by the Central Region … Just by thinking about it, Bi Wen Xuan felt that one head was worth two big heads. As for Xue Yin Shu, maybe he had gotten used to this kind of situation. Every time he thought of this friend who could only sleep two times a day, Bi Wen Xuan could not help but feel sympathy for him and worry for him.

"Therefore, we still have yet to sing this play. I wonder how he will deal with this." He spoke so softly that his attendants could not hear him clearly.

Outside autumn leaf, a figure swept past the dense forest. It was as light as a mist that rose into the sky, but also like a wisp of soul smoke that dispersed into the air. If someone saw it, they would only think it was an illusion.

The succubus woman shook off the pursuer and stood under a big tree. She silently raised her head and looked at the bright moon in the sky. Under the moonlight, her face was bright and beautiful, but her expression was dull and reserved, carrying a hint of melancholy.

As expected, there was no one else she was familiar with. She took a deep breath, and her beautiful face hid the hurt in her heart as determination once again ignited in her eyes.

It was also to be expected that the original work had failed. She would go back to see the child, just out of a little self-knowledge that it was impossible. Now, she could concentrate on her original plan.

She cautiously walked a short distance before arriving at the agreed location. There was a small figure hidden in the woods among the twigs and leaves, barely visible in the untidy darkness. She wrinkled her eyebrows in an indiscernible manner and said with a chuckle, "Bro, have you brought the item over yet?"

The figure stood up from the pile of leaves and looked up at her with its big eyes. "What you want." This He Luo in front of us said in an ice-cold voice, "Take your reward when we need it."

He pulled a cage out of the tangle of leaves, covered with a black cloth. There was clearly no wind, but the cloth was trembling. Clearly, there were restless creatures trapped inside.

"Don't worry." The business credibility of our people from the 'Raven' is not worse than yours, He Luo. " The woman said.

"Remember, the Raven is already heavy." He Luo said expressionlessly.

The woman's expression changed, as if she was about to flare up. He Luo shot a cold gaze at her, his vertical pupils shining brightly in the night. She suddenly realized that no matter what, what he said was the truth, and at this moment, she still needed his help.

The woman could only suppress her anger as she coldly said, "That has nothing to do with you."

When her anger was suppressed by reason, a desolate feeling filled her heart. She suddenly felt a little disheartened.

He Luo did not speak further, he stuffed the cage handle into her hands and turned to disappear into the distance.

She gently lifted the curtain from the wooden cage, and a small creature appeared in front of her. They were only the size of a human thumb, and their bodies were pink and tender. There were five of them in total, and they were running around restlessly in their cages. She gently pinched a part of the mechanism on top of the cage and the mice in the cage immediately quieted down. They went from being anxious, savage, to a dazed state, as if they had already lost their souls.

He Luo was always good at driving out such half-biological and half-mechanical things like wind or this mousse. The invisible filaments were buried within the body of the North River Rat, and were gathered within the mechanism of the cage. They only needed a little bit of mental power, and the person who controlled the movement of these mousse could control it. Its beauty was that it could not be controlled by the range of the device. Within ten miles, it could be controlled freely by mousse, and it could even be controlled by the lowest level Arcanist.

Of course she was not a lowly Arcanist, but she had to save her mental power for even more important things.

She opened the cage and caught a mousse between her fingers.

She tested a particular button on the cage and quickly adapted. The fine velvet-like threads were all several miles long, but they were all rolled up onto the shaft into a ball the size of a palm. With a casual movement of her finger, the mousse crawled forward according to her thoughts. It was as nimble as her extended finger.

Without hesitation, she ordered the mousse to dig into the leaves, and it immediately disappeared from her sight.

The North River Mouse was extremely fast, comparable to an ordinary horse. Furthermore, its body was small and it was adept at burrowing through the ground. Its sharp teeth could bite through almost anything. It could be said that this Qiu Ye Jing had no place he couldn't reach, nor was there anything he couldn't find — regardless of whether the target was above or deep underground.

Beneath the shallow leaves, the first North River Rat didn't immediately move. It seemed to be waiting for something. Suddenly, its small, pitch-black eyes began to shine with a glimmer of light. It disappeared in a flash and returned back to being cloudy and gloomy.

This was its controller, bringing a tiny bit of Mental Fragment into its spirit body.

This charming woman wanted to find something, it was not possible to have mousse s that she could control. She needed to sense the existence of that thing. After that bit of Mental Fragment was thrown out, she became the Northern River Mouse.

Part of her perception was covered by the Northern Rat's perception. The smell of soil and rotting plants filled his nostrils. Fortunately, the rat's eyes adapted easily to the darkness. She felt a kind of pain, but it wasn't from the smell or the environment, it was from. She finally used the apotheosis again.

To invade the spirit bodies of other creatures with his own Mental Fragment and then use his opponent's five senses to perceive the world; this was the main thrust of the apotheosis. Yue Xiao Zhe, who was under the control of the Luna Sightseeing Pavilion, used this kind of method to get hold of a lot of information. They would sometimes use things like mousse s, but most of the time, they would just take whatever they could get and make any suitable creature into their own eyes, ears, nose and mouth. For example, many years ago in the final battle of the Central State battle, Yue Xiao Zhe had possessed the body of the Ping Dynasty's general, the beloved dog, and had listened to the complete battle council, resulting in the defeat of the Central State humans.

But she never admitted to being Yue Xiao Zhe. Indeed, she had never really had anything to do with that mysterious organization. She was only loyal to one person. Her master was the accretion master, Zhang Qing Han. Then he died and she went overseas, thinking she had found her own life. But in the end, her life had also died.

She had to come back and finish what she had to do in her life.

Usually, apotheosis required a high level of attainment, but Luna Sightseeing Pavilion was different, it did not need to take up all of one's spirit. A Arcanist like her could even split her consciousness to control the movements of mousse when she used her apotheosis to sense them.

Unfortunately, a creature like the mousse, which was originally incomplete, should not be able to withstand the long-term control of the apotheosis. As time passed, most of them would be exhausted and die outside. In this regard, she was not stingy at all. If one died, she would have a second one. The mousse s made from these five North River Rats were more than enough for her to roam around autumn leaf City.

Thus, a woman sat cross-legged in the shadows of a dense tree in the darkness. She fiddled with a string between her fingers and lightly flicked it. But other than the tiniest movement of her fingers, her face was frozen into stone, like a strange statue.