female catcher

On the day of Liu Futong's birthday banquet, in the suburb of Chenghe.

There used to be many painted boats on the river in the suburbs for people to enjoy, but recently the prohibition of extravagance has become commonplace, and the painting boat business has stopped. Now there is only one high-rise painting boat on the wide river, which is the place where Liu Futong invites banquets.The painting boat is docked on the shore. Although it is not as good as the Tianji, it is also as large as a two-story restaurant.

Nangong Biluo couldn't help frowning as she watched officials and wealthy businessmen board the ship one after another.Many of them are politically neutral Beijing officials. Although the official titles are not high, they have all the six departments. There are also wealthy businessmen who are also rich in basic necessities of life.

She couldn't help but looked up at the night tonight. There were dark clouds on the moon and the wind was blowing on the river. It seemed to be an eventful night.

"Miss." A voice came from the boarding crowd, and Qu Shui also came here.

"Shui'er, why did you come here?" Nangong Biluo frowned.

"Miss, you are alone. I'm worried that you won't have any helpers by your side. Besides, Mr. Wang also asked me to come here, so don't drive me away."

"Forget it, stay here." Nangong Biluo patted Qushui's head lightly, her eyes scanned the guests, and murmured: "Maybe you came just in time."

Qu Shui pursed her lips and smiled obediently, looking in the same direction as Nangong Biluo.Seeing that Han Ye was verifying the identities of each guest, and had to search his body to make sure he didn't have any sharp weapons when he boarded the boat, he couldn't help muttering: "Why bother, please come and search, not afraid of offending people?"

"How could Liu Futong be afraid of offending people, but everyone who comes here is afraid of offending him." Nangong Biluo sighed, and suddenly noticed a gaze falling on him.She looked over and found Cao Lingfeng who was about to board the boat, but it was not Cao Lingfeng who was looking at her, but the attendant beside him.

As soon as Nangong Biluo looked over, the attendant lowered his head, avoiding her sight, and seemed to deliberately avoid showing his face.Nangong Biluo narrowed her eyes, watching Cao Lingfeng and the attendant arrive at the searched person.Coincidentally, the person who was in charge of the body search was the man she had seen that day with the bruised birthmark, and she had figured out his identity these days. He was Xue Ding, one of Liu Futong's adopted sons.

That is to say, Xue Ding, who was followed by Li Heng for a long time, but was turned against the general.

Cao Lingfeng seemed to have an argument with Xue Ding, and was surrounded by Xue Ding's men. It seemed that Xue Ding wanted to search the body of that follower, but Cao Lingfeng stopped him.

"Mr. Cao, board the ship and search him, without exception. Does he have any secrets, or are you not planning to go to the banquet?"

Cao Lingfeng's face was livid, and he didn't want to come to the banquet at first, but Liu Futong's attitude was tough, so he had to come.However, it is not allowed to let people search the body of the person next to him. When he was hesitating, Xue Ding said: "Search!"

"No!" Cao Lingfeng stopped the searcher's hand.

Xue Ding was about to have a seizure, but he heard a voice saying: "Shui'er, do a body search."

Nangong Biluo brought Qushui to Cao Lingfeng and the others.Qu Shui had already searched the body of the entourage, the entourage kept his head down, Qu Shui touched it, his face changed, he couldn't help but look carefully and calm down.She said to Nangong Biluo: "Miss, there are no dangerous weapons."

Xue Ding frowned, but seeing Nangong Biluo looking at him, and Qu Shui searching him in front of him, thinking that Nangong Biluo would not possibly cause Liu Futong to have an accident, he let Cao Lingfeng and the others board the boat.

Nangong Biluo stopped staring at Xue Ding and took Qu Shui to the side alone.On the contrary, Xue Ding was staring at Nangong Biluo's back with doubts in his eyes. The female arrester's eyes were bright and sharp, like a lake of mirrors, illuminating him with an uneasy feeling that he couldn't hide.Could it be Li Heng's matter that made her feel resentful?

No matter how Xue Ding guessed, the two masters and servants of Nangong Biluo walked to a place where no one else was around and started talking.

"Miss, why is Ms. Cao here to join in the fun? This banquet is not safe, is it alright if you let her in?" Qu Shui explained the identity of the entourage just now, it was Cao Yu'an, the lady of the Cao family.

Naturally, Nangong Biluo had noticed it long ago, so she asked Qu Shui to search her body, "It must be that she was worried about her father and came to accompany her specially. Miss Cao's family is not an ordinary woman, she must have her own ideas, and if something goes wrong, Just be careful with them."

"Okay." Qu Shui nodded, she glanced at Xue Ding, and said again: "By the way, Qin Zhiyuan said that his distant relative has a bruised birthmark on his face, is it that? But how does he work for Liu Futong?"

"I don't know if it's Qin Zhiyuan's relatives." Nangong Biluo recalled what he saw in the abandoned garden that day. This Xue Ding is not simple. "The most important thing now is the birthday banquet in front of me."

"Yes. Miss, Jianghu has issued a reward order. How many people do you think will come here tonight?"

Nangong Biluo shook her head, "I hope I won't meet old friends."

"I'm not worried about this. With Miss's personality, Miss's friends will definitely not embarrass you when they see you present. The more troublesome ones are those reckless people who don't know you and have a passion for justice. Miss, can you You can't ignore yourself for the sake of morality."

Nangong Biluo laughed, "I know, someone has already reminded me, don't worry."

Seeing that the guests had already boarded the boat and the boat was about to row to the middle of the river, Nangong Biluo stood on the bank and glanced at it. The night was so still that she said loudly into the darkness: "Tonight, my long-lost Nangong Biluo I have been crazy once, the person I am determined to protect has not missed, if you want to die, just come!"

The pure internal force and the wind sent Nangong Biluo's voice, sweeping the darkness, and the vegetation on the shore was shaking in the wind.

Han Ye, who had just boarded the boat, hurriedly led his people out again, rushed to Nangong Biluo and shouted: "Nangong Biluo, why are you crazy!"

He suddenly lowered his voice again, "If you ruin your father-in-law's business, you will be punished."

"Lord Han, it is better to be punished than to die. I don't really believe that anyone would be so bold as to risk their lives under the hands of you and me. Sometimes these reckless people can't bear to be provoked." Nangong Biluo spoke in a normal and relaxed manner. The sound was no longer amplified, but it wasn't suppressed either.

Han Ye's face was even worse, "You go up for me! The banquet will start in a while."

"Okay~ Shui'er, let's go." Nangong Biluo led Qu Shui onto the boat.

Han Ye stared at their backs, looked around, and tightened his hand holding the waist knife before leading them into the boat.

The painting boat is a double-layer structure built in the shape of an attic. The first floor is the main living room, which is very spacious. There is a banquet table in the middle, which looks like the word "冂".The main seat is facing the main stage on the first floor, and the second floor is a circular corridor with railings, and the middle is empty without any obstructions, so you can clearly see the situation on the first floor.Directly above the stage on the first floor is the platform on the second floor leading to the outside of the ship. From there, you can see the scenery outside the ship. A little above, there is a skylight specially opened to watch the moon.

A crystal chandelier is hung on the top of the center of the boat, jade, screens, coral carvings and other decorations are placed on the first floor, and calligraphy, paintings, and embroidery crafts are hung on the second floor, some of which are gifts from the emperor. He didn't rush to take a seat, but looked around in the painting boat. What Liu Futong wanted was to show his wealth and status.

After Nangong Biluo boarded the boat, she also walked around in the boat, saying that she was watching, but from her current position, it might be better to say that she was patrolling.The guards arranged by Han Ye stood in the corner of the first floor. When the banquet officially started and the guests were seated, and Fengyue Tower also performed, the guards would go to the second floor. If the assassins did not sneak into the banquet now, the second floor would be a good breakthrough.

"You mean there's been a new development in the human skin case?" Nangong Biluo didn't forget to ask about the Qushui human skin case while patrolling.

"Well. According to your arrangement, miss, each team has gained something, and there are new discoveries in the bloody clothes you sent to me and the house you asked me to check. The specific situation," Qu Shui glanced around.

Nangong Biluo nodded, "Let's discuss it in detail when it's appropriate. Progress is a good thing. Before I entered Liu's residence, I asked you to let Xiaohu investigate the case by himself. How is he doing?"

"He is indeed a good seed. He pointed out the details that the veterans in the yamen overlooked. It is this kind of investigation intensity that makes him very tired. He was small at first, but now he looks even more pitiful."

"Oh, he just needs to sharpen his case now. It's a good thing for him to suffer a little bit. Didn't we come here like this. What about you, don't you want to help Miss Qin, have you asked Mr. Fang Zhongping about it? How is the question? "

"Don't mention it. I took time to go to the Hanlin Academy. Mr. Fang asked for leave. I went to his house and said that he was meeting guests. I'll wait, but when he sent the guests out, he turned out to be a poor scholar. You can meet this poor scholar everywhere." He and Mr. Fang seemed to be old acquaintances. Mr. Fang was in a hurry to see the guests off and go back to the house to rest, but he didn't explain the specific relationship between them. I chased Mr. Fang into the house and explained the purpose of coming. The old man actually said that he was tired and asked me to leave, and I begged a few times, but he turned down his face and chased people away, and what he said was very mean, it made me mad." Qu Shui vomited bitterness, and met Qin Yanran Nothing is bad.

"It's okay. Helping others is a long way to go. If you can't do it once, you can do it twice." Nangong Biluo teased.

"Miss, it's easy for you to say." Qu Shui curled his lips, and then said: "By the way, Sister Zhang wants me to tell you that the assassin's body is a little different from the previous assassin's in the walking corpse building. There is no medicine in the body, and the muscles and bones are strong. It doesn't look like it's owned by a master, maybe it's because the skills he practices are special."

"Unlike a master, with special skills? Liu Shang said that?" Nangong Biluo became attentive.

"That's right. Huh? Miss, Miss Cao seems to be looking at us." Qu Shui saw Cao Yu'an looking at them.

Nangong Biluo temporarily put aside her doubts, looked up, thought for a while, and walked towards Cao Yu'an.

Cao Yu'an was dressed in men's clothes, his eyebrows were intentionally thickened, and his face was darkened, but he still couldn't hide his daughter's unique gentleness and beauty. When he saw Nangong Biluo's daughter's expression, he forgot to cover it up.

"Captain Nangong, thank you for saving the siege just now."

"It's just a little effort, but Miss Cao shouldn't be here, especially tonight."

"Tonight?" Cao Yu'an is a smart person, although he was puzzled, he didn't ask, but said: "Liu Futong coerced and lured my father to his birthday banquet, and I also learned that several uncles I knew were also invited, I'm afraid he has bad intentions, I just came here with my father, now it seems that this may be a bit of a Hongmen banquet, come here, let’s see what tricks the notorious Liu Futong has."

"Knowing that there is a tiger who wants to do it, should I praise Miss Cao for being brave and fearless, or for her filial piety? I am now working for Liu Futong. If you scold him in front of me, are you not afraid of getting into trouble?" As soon as she is courageous, she is afraid that she will be too stubborn and cause trouble.

Cao Yu'an smiled slightly, "If it were you, I wouldn't be afraid. You must have your own reasons to come here, just like us businessmen, we had to attend because of Liu Futong's influence. Don't worry, our businessmen will play by ear, I am not that kind A foolhardy man."

"Okay. Tonight, there may be chaos. You and Yuanwai Cao must be vigilant at all times and be careful in everything."

"I will, and you" will protect me, right?Cao Yu'an looked into Nangong Biluo's eyes, but didn't ask any questions.

"Huh?" Nangong Biluo was a little puzzled, Cao Yu'an looked at her clearly, but felt that his eyes were flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"No, it's nothing, I'll be careful." Cao Yu'an avoided his gaze.

Nangong Biluo frowned, "I will let Shui'er pay attention to you at all times, and you also pay attention to Shui'er's position at all times. If something happens, Shui'er will protect you."

"Okay!" Cao Yu'an was very happy, he accidentally showed his eyebrows, and felt that he had lost his composure, and immediately said: "I remember what Nangong Catcher said, you can go to work."

After she finished speaking, she turned around first and went to look for Yuanwai Cao.

Nangong Biluo sighed secretly as she looked at the back of Miss Cao's family who was confused, and then looked around again.She already knew the layout of the boat, and she was scanning the inside of the boat carefully to find someone.She looked all over the first floor, and when she looked up, she found the one she was looking for.

Feng Piaoxu, who had already boarded the boat, was standing by the fence on the second floor. When Nangong Biluo looked at it, she had stood there for an unbelievable how long, and her eyes met Nangong Biluo's.Nangong Biluo smiled and went up to the second floor.

Feng Piaoxu still followed Yaohong, just like Nangong Biluo always followed Qushui. When Nangong Biluo walked in front of Feng Piaoxu, Yaohong took Qushui to another place, leaving them to talk alone.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and stood together on the second floor, looking towards the first floor where more guests gathered.

"Who was talking to you just now, Miss Cao?"

"Boss Feng has good eyesight."

"Cao Lingfeng is the largest rice merchant in the north, and he controls the lifeline of grain in the north. His father and daughter attended Liu Futong's birthday banquet together, so luck is not very good."

"Heh, the people invited tonight must not be lucky people."

"Including you and me." Feng Piaoxu looked at Nangong Biluo.

"Well, including us." Nangong Biluo also looked at Feng Piaoxu and nodded.

Then both of them laughed at the same time.

Feng Piaoxu squinted at the guests who were talking among the guards of the Liu residence, and sighed softly: "Yeah, we are all unlucky, forced by power and survival. Liu Futong invited these people to a place with ulterior motives. There may be an assassination banquet coming up, I don’t know how these people will be oppressed, and there are people outside who don’t know how deep they want to go to Longtan, I don’t know how many people will fall into the eunuch’s trap tonight.”

Nangong Biluo also sighed, "Who knows. I'm afraid that this birthday banquet is just an unproductive questioning stone, and Wang Jin's real situation has not yet unfolded. What Boss Feng said is right, what Wang Jin planned is not true. We have to be at the mercy of the walking corpse building alone. It is said that the walking corpse building acts strangely and mysteriously, but now I hope it can be unexpected and become a game-breaker."

Feng Piaoxu's eyes darkened, "I know it's uncomfortable to feel like being pinched by the throat, but don't try to count on tigers and wolves at any time. Wang Jin is a wolf, and the Walking Corpse Tower is a tiger. Even if we are chess pieces , can also be the one that breaks the game.”

"Ha, of course." Nangong Biluo also sharpened her eyes, and sometimes her frustrating words were just to soothe her mood.

The game has not yet started, and the outcome is uncertain. She has never been a person who easily admits defeat.

"Speaking of the Walking Corpse Building, Boss Feng gave me Long Ji's information saying that he practiced the internal strength of the Shanhai school, and he used the unique sword technique of sealing the throat with a sword, both of which require excellent internal strength. It stands to reason that his appearance may not be strong, but his muscles and bones will be very strong, but—”

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Liu Shang's post-mortem is not the same as what I thought. I wonder if this is an abnormality after the corpse building uses drugs to increase the limit of a person's body, or,"

Before Nangong Biluo could finish speaking, there was a commotion downstairs.At this time Yaohong and Qushui also came back, Yaohong's face was stern, and she said in a low voice: "Miss Boss, the banquet has begun."

The guests downstairs had already taken their seats one after another, Feng Piaoxu nodded, and said to Nangong Biluo: "I have to go down, you should be more careful, remember what you said, protect yourself."

Nangong Biluo smiled, "I will, and so will Boss Feng."

Feng Piaoxu smiled back, and took Yaohong downstairs. Her people were performing, and she had to stay by the side.Nangong Biluo watched Feng Piaoxu go downstairs, and saw Feng Piaoxu go to the corner of the first floor to talk to the girls who were about to take the stage.

She looked at it for a while, then looked away, she was not going to go downstairs, standing on the second floor was enough to see the situation on the first floor, not to mention that Han Ye was always by Liu Futong's side, if anything happened to her here. Take action now.

All the guests were seated at the table, the main lord Liu Futong and everyone else were seated, and then surrounded by four or five godsons, Shanshan took her seat.

As a birthday star, he dressed extraordinarily gorgeously today. He also applied some blush and lip makeup on his round face that was not old. His face was radiant, energetic, and full of style.

In Qushui's words, it is: "If you are neither yin nor yang, you will always act as a demon. If you dress up so heavily, the old eunuch wants to be a bastard and cause harm for thousands of years."

Nangong Biluo laughed at Qu Shui's words, her girl's mouth became poisonous, it was really poisonous.Wang Jin and Liu Futong, who flattered the saints, were not the thousand-year-old bastards in front of the Dragon King.

Naturally, Liu Futong didn't know what other people were thinking. His adoptive son Xue Ding raised his head and shouted, "I wish my godfather a blessing like the East China Sea, and a long life like Nanshan. All wishes come true, and the grace lasts forever."

The guests also got up together and congratulated him together: "I wish Mr. Liu good fortune like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan. All wishes come true, and the grace will last forever."

"Hehehe, take it easy, sit down, sit down." Liu Futong laughed heartily, and his voice was so high-pitched that it made people panic, "Come on, fill up the wine for all distinguished guests."

He sat upright and watched with satisfaction as the guests sat down one after another under his instructions, with a smile on his lips all the time, he didn't intend to ask the guests to take a seat, enjoying the way others respectfully waited for him to open his mouth.

The atmosphere was a bit tense, Xue Ding saw this, he started to flatter Liu Futong, and others followed suit.They praised Liu Futong again, and praised the ostentation of today's birthday banquet.Liu Futong was overjoyed by the praise, cleared his throat, and said, "Okay, all honored guests, please come to our family's birthday banquet, so we won't say those superficial flattery words. You all know that I am Doing things for the prince, the prince is doing things for the sage, thanks to the grace, we are doing well. No, taking advantage of this birthday banquet, everyone gave you a gift, and I have a gift for everyone."

He winked, and the servants presented a red envelope in front of each guest. Liu Futong glanced at everyone's face and said, "Everyone, please open it and have a look."

When each guest opened it, their faces changed completely. The contents of the envelopes were not all the same, but it made their faces all indescribable. It was very complicated, but it could be seen that none of them were happy. It is better to describe it as worried.

"Elder-in-law, you--" Some of them couldn't help asking, as if they were trying to get over it, their chests were heaving.

"Hey ~ don't worry." Liu Futong interrupted him, "It's not only my thoughts, but also the prince's thoughts. You have to savor it carefully for a while. Let's watch the show first, and then give an answer later. Not too late."

Liu Futong winked at Feng Piaoxu in the corner, Feng Piaoxu nodded, and the twelve beauties in Fengyuelou, each with their own merits, stepped onto the stage like fairies.

First, the zither was played, which attracted the attention of the guests, and then the qin, flute and pipa played together, and the fairy sounds filled the ears.

The performance of Fengyue Tower is not something ordinary people can see. The twelve actors each have their own unique skills. It is very unusual to perform on the same stage, so naturally they quickly attracted people's attention.

While the guests were paying attention to the stage, Liu Futong whispered to Han Ye beside him, "Where is Nangong Biluo?"

"On the second floor, do you want to ask her to come down?"

Liu Futong looked up and saw Nangong Biluo staring at him from above, with a half-smile on his face, calm as always, so he said with a dark face: "No, wait for her to be on top. Do all the preparations you need to do alright."

"Well, godfather, don't worry."

"Okay, then let's watch the show well." Liu Futong scanned the guests. Even if it was the performance of Fengyuelou, these people were probably watching absent-mindedly. They must be thinking of countermeasures in their hearts. Liu Futong likes to watch them embarrass look.

The mood of watching the show is also more pleasant, and I beat the beat to the music, shaking my head.

The performance of Fengyuelou is like a fascinating repertoire. Although there are only 12 people, the story is told with talent.When Lin Lang put down the pipa, supported the seat, kicked up her slender legs, turned around in a beautiful circle, and picked up the drumsticks on the ground, a few heart-stirring drumbeats sounded, and the red-clothed Phoenix Dance descended from the sky fell on the stage.Standing in the center of the stage, she raised her hands and bent over, with a graceful figure, and when she looked up, she was mesmerizing, and she was already fascinated before dancing.

Immediately, with a wave of the water sleeve, it hit the surrounding drums, matching the sound of Lin Lang's drum, and raised her hand again, hooking the paintbrush in Ruo Xue's hand, Ruo Xue stretched the drawing paper into the air, and Feng Wu's water sleeve drew the curling clouds and smoke autumn water.

"Okay!" Liu Futong couldn't help applauding, and his adopted son also echoed.

"It's said that Fengwu girl in Fengyue Tower is a phoenix dancer for nine days, and she can dance all over the world with one dance. She really lives up to her reputation." Liu Futong shook his head again.Except for his adopted son, the rest of the people just laughed along and couldn't concentrate on watching, which was a pity for the rare performance.

On the second floor, Nangong Biluo's master and servant are always watching the first floor.

Qu Shui looked at Liu Futong's appearance, and said with disgust: "He is shaking his head, he looks more like a bastard. Miss, what do you think his envelopes are, so that the guests look so weird?"

"Probably extortion and coercion. They have always been greedy, sucking rich businessmen, and wooing ministers. I don't know how many people here tonight will bow their heads and compromise. Sigh~ If the power of the eunuchs is not eliminated, they are like moths in a tree, eating other people's hearts." flesh."

"Huh, this old bastard is really bad! It's a pity that the girls in Fengyuelou performed so well. Sister Fengwu's dance is rare, and she only performed for the royal relatives. It's really not worth it for this old bastard today."

Nangong Biluo didn't say anything about it. She glanced at Feng Piaoxu in the corner of the first floor. Feng Piaoxu looked at the stage calmly, but her attention was in all directions. It's nothing but a performance, and it's what they are used to What I'm most afraid of tonight is that I don't know what unexpected situation will happen.

"Yaohong, have you made all the arrangements?"

Yaohong's answer was a little slow, "It's been arranged, our people are guarding outside, and if someone is found to be assassinating, we will first destroy it."

Today's Yao Hong's face is much colder than before, she looks at the sweaty Feng Wu on the stage, feeling a little uneasy.

Feng Wu brought the performance to a climax. She wrapped her sleeves around the railing on the second floor and exited like a flying fairy. Her performance was over, but the performance on stage continued. Music followed Feng Wu's exit. Gradually easing up, it is also a soothing aftertaste for guests to watch.

But tonight, it was just catering to Liu Futong's wishes.

Taking advantage of the easing of the performance, Liu Futong stared at the guests and laughed sinisterly.

"Everyone, have you thought about it?"

A question made all the guests feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.